diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index d57714f..55037fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: Publish
+
 on:
   release:
     types: [created]
diff --git a/src/parseTypeDefinition.ts b/src/parseTypeDefinition.ts
index f60e023..c1d124d 100644
--- a/src/parseTypeDefinition.ts
+++ b/src/parseTypeDefinition.ts
@@ -45,17 +45,20 @@ export const parseTypeDefinition = (
     } else {
       const properties = type
         .getProperties()
+        // empty strings are not allowed for keys in TypedDicts
+        .filter(v => v.getName() !== "");
+
+      const parsedProperties = properties
         .map((v) => parsePropertyForDict(state, v));
 
-      const propertyDocumentation = type
-        .getProperties()
+      const propertyDocumentation = properties
         .map((v) => getDocumentationStringForDict(state, v))
         .filter(v => v !== undefined)
         .join("\n");
 
       const innerDocstring = documentation?.replaceAll("\n", "  \n") + (propertyDocumentation.length > 0 ? "\n## Entries\n" + propertyDocumentation : "");
       const docstring = innerDocstring.length > 0 ? `\n"""\n${innerDocstring}\n"""` : "";
-      const definition = `${name} = TypedDict(${JSON.stringify(name)}, {\n  ${properties.join(",\n  ")}\n})${docstring}`;
+      const definition = `${name} = TypedDict(${JSON.stringify(name)}, {\n  ${parsedProperties.join(",\n  ")}\n})${docstring}`;
 
       state.statements.push(definition);
     }
diff --git a/src/testing/dicts.test.ts b/src/testing/dicts.test.ts
index 0729825..77691b0 100644
--- a/src/testing/dicts.test.ts
+++ b/src/testing/dicts.test.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,18 @@ class A(TypedDict):
     );
   });
 
+  it("ignores empty string property names in functional dicts", async () => {
+    const result = await transpileString(`export type A = {
+      "": string,
+      "foo.bar"?: string,
+    }`);
+    expect(result).toContain(
+      `A = TypedDict("A", {
+  "foo.bar": NotRequired[str]
+})`,
+    );
+  });
+
   it("moves the key/value docstrings to the object docstring in the functional syntax", async () => {
     const result = await transpileString(`
       /** This is A */