diff --git a/pkg/reflectutil/helpers.go b/pkg/reflectutil/helpers.go
index 868c164..6043f36 100644
--- a/pkg/reflectutil/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/reflectutil/helpers.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 // Deref dereferences pointers until it reaches a non-pointer value
 // Returns the dereferenced value and true if successful, or the original value and false if nil
 func Deref(v reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, bool) {
-	for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+	for v.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
 		if v.IsNil() {
 			return v, false
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/writers/template/safe_access.go b/pkg/writers/template/safe_access.go
index 5f1feb6..7ff713a 100644
--- a/pkg/writers/template/safe_access.go
+++ b/pkg/writers/template/safe_access.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func Has(m interface{}, key interface{}) bool {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(m)
 
 	// Dereference pointers
-	for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+	for v.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
 		if v.IsNil() {
 			return false
 		}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func Merge(maps ...interface{}) map[interface{}]interface{} {
 		v := reflect.ValueOf(m)
 
 		// Dereference pointers
-		for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		for v.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
 			if v.IsNil() {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func Pick(m interface{}, keys ...interface{}) map[interface{}]interface{} {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(m)
 
 	// Dereference pointers
-	for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+	for v.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
 		if v.IsNil() {
 			return result
 		}
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func Omit(m interface{}, keys ...interface{}) map[interface{}]interface{} {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(m)
 
 	// Dereference pointers
-	for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+	for v.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
 		if v.IsNil() {
 			return result
 		}
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func Pluck(slice interface{}, field string) []interface{} {
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(slice)
 
 	// Dereference pointers
-	for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+	for v.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
 		if v.IsNil() {
 			return []interface{}{}
 		}
@@ -253,13 +253,18 @@ func Pluck(slice interface{}, field string) []interface{} {
 		item := v.Index(i)
 
 		// Dereference item pointers
-		for item.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		nilItem := false
+		for item.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
 			if item.IsNil() {
 				result = append(result, nil)
-				continue
+				nilItem = true
+				break
 			}
 			item = item.Elem()
 		}
+		if nilItem {
+			continue
+		}
 
 		switch item.Kind() {
 		case reflect.Struct: