diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/evaluation/comparison/eval_chain.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/evaluation/comparison/eval_chain.py
index 7076ca2804a..2eccdd186fd 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/evaluation/comparison/eval_chain.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/evaluation/comparison/eval_chain.py
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ class PairwiseStringResultOutputParser(BaseOutputParser[dict]):
             ValueError: If the verdict is invalid.
 
         """
-        reasoning, verdict = text.strip().rsplit("\n", maxsplit=1)
+        parsed = text.strip().rsplit("\n", maxsplit=1)
+        if len(parsed) == 1:
+            reasoning = ""
+            verdict = parsed[0]
+        else:
+            reasoning, verdict = parsed
         verdict = verdict.strip("[").strip("]")
         if verdict not in {"A", "B", "C"}:
             raise ValueError(
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/evaluation/criteria/eval_chain.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/evaluation/criteria/eval_chain.py
index b5670eb8aeb..838c08fd437 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/evaluation/criteria/eval_chain.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/evaluation/criteria/eval_chain.py
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ class CriteriaResultOutputParser(BaseOutputParser[dict]):
         Returns:
             Any: The parsed output.
         """
-        reasoning, verdict = text.strip().rsplit("\n", maxsplit=1)
+        parsed = text.strip().rsplit("\n", maxsplit=1)
+        if len(parsed) == 1:
+            reasoning = ""
+            verdict = parsed[0]
+        else:
+            reasoning, verdict = parsed
         score = 1 if verdict.upper() == "Y" else (0 if verdict.upper() == "N" else None)
         return {
             "reasoning": reasoning.strip(),