diff --git a/ui/widgets/nuxeo-selectivity.js b/ui/widgets/nuxeo-selectivity.js
index 4966df7b7..32f72722a 100644
--- a/ui/widgets/nuxeo-selectivity.js
+++ b/ui/widgets/nuxeo-selectivity.js
@@ -2435,7 +2435,7 @@ typedArrayTags[weakMapTag] = false;
           let resultsHtml = isFilteredResultNotEmpty ? this.renderItems(filteredResults) : '';
           if (options.hasMore) {
             resultsHtml += this.selectivity.template('loadMore');
-          } else if (value && Array.isArray(value) && value.includes(options.term.toLowerCase())) {
+          } else if (value && Array.isArray(value) && value.includes(options?.term?.toLowerCase())) {
             resultsHtml = this.selectivity.template('tagExists');
           } else if (!resultsHtml && !options.add) {
             resultsHtml = this.selectivity.template('noResults', { term: options.term });
diff --git a/ui/widgets/nuxeo-tag-suggestion.js b/ui/widgets/nuxeo-tag-suggestion.js
index adba42d92..5b1294fbb 100644
--- a/ui/widgets/nuxeo-tag-suggestion.js
+++ b/ui/widgets/nuxeo-tag-suggestion.js
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ import { escapeHTML } from './nuxeo-selectivity.js';
     }
 
     _newEntryFormatter(term) {
-      term = term.toLowerCase();
+      term = term?.toLowerCase();
       return { id: term, displayLabel: term, newTag: true };
     }