diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Brick changelog
 ---------------
 
+0.15.1
+------
+
+Bug fixes:
+* List: fixed empty list validation in listReplace (thanks Joshua Chia)
+
 0.15
 ----
 
diff --git a/brick.cabal b/brick.cabal
--- a/brick.cabal
+++ b/brick.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                brick
-version:             0.15
+version:             0.15.1
 synopsis:            A declarative terminal user interface library
 description:
   Write terminal applications painlessly with 'brick'! You write an
diff --git a/src/Brick/Widgets/List.hs b/src/Brick/Widgets/List.hs
--- a/src/Brick/Widgets/List.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Widgets/List.hs
@@ -229,11 +229,12 @@
          & listElementsL .~ es'
 
 -- | Replace the contents of a list with a new set of elements and
--- update the new selected index. If the specified selected index (via
--- 'Just') is not in the list bounds, zero is used instead.
+-- update the new selected index. If the list is empty, empty selection is used
+-- instead. Otherwise, if the specified selected index (via 'Just') is not in
+-- the list bounds, zero is used instead.
 listReplace :: V.Vector e -> Maybe Int -> List n e -> List n e
 listReplace es idx l =
-    let newSel = clamp 0 (V.length es - 1) <$> idx
+    let newSel = if V.null es then Nothing else clamp 0 (V.length es - 1) <$> idx
     in l & listSelectedL .~ newSel
          & listElementsL .~ es