diff --git a/java.json b/java.json
index 71df71aa..1b10b2bd 100644
--- a/java.json
+++ b/java.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "id": "java",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "description": "Java support for gauge",
   "install": {
     "windows": [],
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b38dc4b..f522ed09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <name>gauge-java</name>
     <groupId>com.thoughtworks.gauge</groupId>
     <artifactId>gauge-java</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.3</version>
+    <version>1.0.4</version>
     <description>Java plugin for Gauge</description>
     <url>https://github.com/getgauge/gauge-java</url>
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/ClasspathHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/ClasspathHelper.java
index 5128c22a..161fae7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/ClasspathHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/ClasspathHelper.java
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 package com.thoughtworks.gauge;
 
+import org.reflections.vfs.Vfs;
+
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class ClasspathHelper {
 
@@ -20,7 +23,9 @@ public static Collection<URL> getUrls() {
             }
             return urls;
         }
-        return org.reflections.util.ClasspathHelper.forJavaClassPath();
+        return org.reflections.util.ClasspathHelper.forJavaClassPath().stream()
+                .filter(url -> Vfs.getFile(url) != null)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/scan/ClasspathScanner.java b/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/scan/ClasspathScanner.java
index 6191cdb5..e7b202d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/scan/ClasspathScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/scan/ClasspathScanner.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ private Reflections createReflections() {
         Vfs.addDefaultURLTypes(new Vfs.UrlType() {
             @Override
             public boolean matches(URL url) {
-                return "file".equals(url.getProtocol());
+                return "file".equals(url.getProtocol()) && Vfs.getFile(url) != null;
             }
 
             @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/ClasspathHelperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/ClasspathHelperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c954d0af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/ClasspathHelperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) ThoughtWorks, Inc.
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  See LICENSE.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package com.thoughtworks.gauge;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static com.thoughtworks.gauge.GaugeConstant.PACKAGE_TO_SCAN;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue;
+import static uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.SystemStubs.restoreSystemProperties;
+
+public class ClasspathHelperTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetUrlsSkipsNonExistentClasspathEntries(@TempDir File tempDir) throws Exception {
+        assumeTrue(System.getenv(PACKAGE_TO_SCAN) == null);
+        File existingDir = new File(tempDir, "classes/kotlin/test");
+        existingDir.mkdirs();
+        File existingJar = new File(tempDir, "lib.jar");
+        existingJar.createNewFile();
+        File missingDir = new File(tempDir, "classes/java/test");
+        String classpath = String.join(File.pathSeparator,
+                existingDir.getAbsolutePath(), missingDir.getAbsolutePath(), existingJar.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        restoreSystemProperties(() -> {
+            System.setProperty("java.class.path", classpath);
+            Collection<URL> urls = ClasspathHelper.getUrls();
+            assertEquals(List.of(existingDir.toURI().toURL(), existingJar.toURI().toURL()), List.copyOf(urls));
+        });
+    }
+}