diff --git a/.changeset/giant-bees-impress.md b/.changeset/giant-bees-impress.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b9d17e7e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/giant-bees-impress.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/react": patch
+---
+
+Fix an issue in useAnnouncements.tsx causing a TypeError in production. The activeItem variable may be null.
diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-jars-leave.md b/.changeset/lazy-jars-leave.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22849369cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-jars-leave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/react": patch
+---
+
+Avoid accessing properties of potentially null document.body in PageLayout
diff --git a/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/useAnnouncements.tsx b/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/useAnnouncements.tsx
index aa48a8a2b45..43e11c08400 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/useAnnouncements.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/FilteredActionList/useAnnouncements.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import {announce} from '@primer/live-region-element'
 import {useEffect, useRef} from 'react'
 import type {FilteredActionListProps} from './FilteredActionListEntry'
+import type {ItemInput} from '../deprecated/ActionList/List'
 
 // we add a delay so that it does not interrupt default screen reader announcement and queues after it
 const delayMs = 500
@@ -28,10 +29,10 @@ const getItemWithActiveDescendant = (
   const optionElements = listElement.querySelectorAll('[role="option"]')
 
   const index = Array.from(optionElements).indexOf(activeItemElement)
-  const activeItem = items[index]
+  const activeItem = items[index] as ItemInput | undefined
 
-  const text = activeItem.text
-  const selected = activeItem.selected
+  const text = activeItem?.text
+  const selected = activeItem?.selected
 
   return {index, text, selected}
 }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/PageLayout/PageLayout.tsx b/packages/react/src/PageLayout/PageLayout.tsx
index ee166fb5bce..f1240338f66 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/PageLayout/PageLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/PageLayout/PageLayout.tsx
@@ -364,13 +364,15 @@ const VerticalDivider: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<DividerProps & Draggable
       window.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDrag)
       window.addEventListener('mouseup', handleDragEnd)
       window.addEventListener('keyup', handleKeyDragEnd)
-      document.body.setAttribute('data-page-layout-dragging', 'true')
+      const body = document.body as HTMLElement | undefined
+      body?.setAttribute('data-page-layout-dragging', 'true')
     } else {
       window.removeEventListener('mousemove', handleDrag)
       window.removeEventListener('mouseup', handleDragEnd)
       window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDrag)
       window.removeEventListener('keyup', handleKeyDragEnd)
-      document.body.removeAttribute('data-page-layout-dragging')
+      const body = document.body as HTMLElement | undefined
+      body?.removeAttribute('data-page-layout-dragging')
     }
 
     return () => {
@@ -378,7 +380,8 @@ const VerticalDivider: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<DividerProps & Draggable
       window.removeEventListener('mouseup', handleDragEnd)
       window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDrag)
       window.removeEventListener('keyup', handleKeyDragEnd)
-      document.body.removeAttribute('data-page-layout-dragging')
+      const body = document.body as HTMLElement | undefined
+      body?.removeAttribute('data-page-layout-dragging')
     }
   }, [isDragging, isKeyboardDrag, currentWidth, minWidth, maxWidth])