diff --git a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
index ef85435565a..2d499df4b55 100755
--- a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 bl_info = {
     'name': 'glTF 2.0 format',
     'author': 'Julien Duroure, Scurest, Norbert Nopper, Urs Hanselmann, Moritz Becher, Benjamin Schmithüsen, Jim Eckerlein, and many external contributors',
-    "version": (4, 2, 56),
+    "version": (4, 2, 57),
     'blender': (4, 2, 0),
     'location': 'File > Import-Export',
     'description': 'Import-Export as glTF 2.0',
diff --git a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/gltf2_blender_gather_tree.py b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/gltf2_blender_gather_tree.py
index 375fd1cca89..1efc5ceb6c4 100644
--- a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/gltf2_blender_gather_tree.py
+++ b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/gltf2_blender_gather_tree.py
@@ -925,5 +925,6 @@ class VExportTree:
 
         if len(centers) == 0:
             self.export_settings['gltf_collection_center'] = Vector((0.0, 0.0, 0.0))
+            return
 
         self.export_settings['gltf_collection_center'] = sum(centers, Vector()) / len(centers)