diff --git a/.github/actions/javascript/bumpVersion/index.js b/.github/actions/javascript/bumpVersion/index.js
index d4a085fc9ddf..e1a5cf13a8d9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/javascript/bumpVersion/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/javascript/bumpVersion/index.js
@@ -3478,7 +3478,10 @@ if (!semanticVersionLevel || !Object.keys(versionUpdater.SEMANTIC_VERSION_LEVELS
     console.log(`Invalid input for 'SEMVER_LEVEL': ${semanticVersionLevel}`, `Defaulting to: ${semanticVersionLevel}`);
 }
 const { version: previousVersion } = JSON.parse(fs_1.default.readFileSync('./package.json').toString());
-const newVersion = versionUpdater.incrementVersion(previousVersion, semanticVersionLevel);
+if (!previousVersion) {
+    core.setFailed('Error: Could not read package.json');
+}
+const newVersion = versionUpdater.incrementVersion(previousVersion ?? '', semanticVersionLevel);
 console.log(`Previous version: ${previousVersion}`, `New version: ${newVersion}`);
 updateNativeVersions(newVersion);
 console.log(`Setting npm version to ${newVersion}`);
diff --git a/.github/actions/javascript/getPreviousVersion/index.js b/.github/actions/javascript/getPreviousVersion/index.js
index f372f0fdaf99..8eac2f62f03e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/javascript/getPreviousVersion/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/javascript/getPreviousVersion/index.js
@@ -2728,7 +2728,10 @@ if (!semverLevel || !Object.values(versionUpdater.SEMANTIC_VERSION_LEVELS).inclu
     core.setFailed(`'Error: Invalid input for 'SEMVER_LEVEL': ${semverLevel}`);
 }
 const { version: currentVersion } = JSON.parse((0, fs_1.readFileSync)('./package.json', 'utf8'));
-const previousVersion = versionUpdater.getPreviousVersion(currentVersion, semverLevel);
+if (!currentVersion) {
+    core.setFailed('Error: Could not read package.json');
+}
+const previousVersion = versionUpdater.getPreviousVersion(currentVersion ?? '', semverLevel);
 core.setOutput('PREVIOUS_VERSION', previousVersion);