diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/docker/tailer.go b/internal/component/loki/source/docker/tailer.go
index 05b6df2a200..6c2e547fbf2 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/docker/tailer.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/docker/tailer.go
@@ -242,19 +242,15 @@ func (t *tailer) processLoop(ctx context.Context, tty bool, reader io.ReadCloser
 
 // extractTsFromBytes parses an RFC3339Nano timestamp from the byte slice.
 func extractTsFromBytes(line []byte) (time.Time, []byte, error) {
-	const timestampLayout = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00"
-
 	spaceIdx := bytes.IndexByte(line, ' ')
-	if spaceIdx == -1 || spaceIdx >= len(line)-1 {
+	if spaceIdx == -1 || spaceIdx >= len(line) {
 		return time.Time{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find timestamp in bytes")
 	}
 
-	// The unsafe.String is used here to avoid allocation and string conversion when parsing the timestamp
-	// This is safe because:
-	// 1. spaceIdx > 0 and spaceIdx < len(line)-1 is guaranteed by the check above
-	// 2. time.Parse doesn't retain the string after returning
-	// 3. The underlying bytes aren't modified during parsing
-	ts, err := time.Parse(timestampLayout, unsafe.String(&line[0], spaceIdx))
+	// The unsafe.String is used here to avoid allocation and string conversion when parsing the timestamp.
+	// This is safe because time.Parse doesn't retain the string after returning and
+	// the underlying bytes aren't modified during parsing.
+	ts, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, unsafe.String(&line[0], spaceIdx))
 	if err != nil {
 		return time.Time{}, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse timestamp: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -264,8 +260,9 @@ func extractTsFromBytes(line []byte) (time.Time, []byte, error) {
 func (t *tailer) process(r io.Reader, logStreamLset model.LabelSet) {
 	defer t.wg.Done()
 
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 	const maxCapacity = dockerMaxChunkSize * 64
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 	buf := make([]byte, 0, maxCapacity)
 	scanner.Buffer(buf, maxCapacity)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
@@ -278,6 +275,11 @@ func (t *tailer) process(r io.Reader, logStreamLset model.LabelSet) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if len(content) == 0 {
+			level.Debug(t.logger).Log("msg", "empty log, skipping line")
+			continue
+		}
+
 		t.recv.Chan() <- loki.Entry{
 			Labels: logStreamLset,
 			Entry: push.Entry{
diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/docker/tailer_test.go b/internal/component/loki/source/docker/tailer_test.go
index 86aff4d4d7f..965ed07548e 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/docker/tailer_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/docker/tailer_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/client"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stdcopy"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
@@ -216,6 +217,61 @@ func TestTailerNeverStarted(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotPanics(t, func() { cancel() })
 }
 
+var _ io.ReadCloser = (*stringReader)(nil)
+
+func newStringReader(s string) *stringReader {
+	return &stringReader{Reader: strings.NewReader(s)}
+}
+
+type stringReader struct {
+	*strings.Reader
+}
+
+func (s *stringReader) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestTailerConsumeLines(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("skip empty line", func(t *testing.T) {
+		collector := loki.NewCollectingHandler()
+		tailer := &tailer{
+			logger:            log.NewNopLogger(),
+			recv:              collector.Receiver(),
+			positions:         positions.NewNop(),
+			containerID:       "test",
+			metrics:           newMetrics(prometheus.DefaultRegisterer),
+			running:           true,
+			wg:                sync.WaitGroup{},
+			last:              atomic.NewInt64(0),
+			since:             atomic.NewInt64(0),
+			componentStopping: func() bool { return false },
+		}
+
+		bb := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		writer := stdcopy.NewStdWriter(bb, stdcopy.Stdout)
+		_, err := writer.Write([]byte("2023-12-09T12:00:00.000000000Z \n2023-12-09T12:00:00.000000000Z line\n"))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		tailer.wg.Add(3)
+		go func() {
+			tailer.processLoop(t.Context(), false, newStringReader(bb.String()))
+		}()
+
+		require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+			return len(collector.Received()) == 1
+		}, 2*time.Second, 50*time.Millisecond)
+
+		entry := collector.Received()[0]
+
+		expectedLine := "line"
+		expectedTimestamp, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2023-12-09T12:00:00.000000000Z")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		require.Equal(t, expectedLine, entry.Line)
+		require.Equal(t, expectedTimestamp, entry.Timestamp)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestChunkWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := log.NewNopLogger()
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
@@ -254,6 +310,25 @@ func TestChunkWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, buf.Bytes())
 }
 
+func TestExtractTsFromBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("invalid timestamp", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, _, err := extractTsFromBytes([]byte("123 test\n"))
+		require.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("valid timestamp empty line", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ts, _, err := extractTsFromBytes([]byte("2024-05-02T13:11:55.879889Z \n"))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		expectedTs, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2024-05-02T13:11:55.879889Z")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, expectedTs, ts)
+	})
+	t.Run("valid timestamp no space", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, _, err := extractTsFromBytes([]byte("2024-05-02T13:11:55.879889Z\n"))
+		require.Error(t, err)
+	})
+}
+
 func newDockerServer(t *testing.T) *httptest.Server {
 	h := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		path := r.URL.Path