diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/epoch_processing.test.ts b/packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/epoch_processing.test.ts
index 6c0156fa7f9..e381e903f59 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/epoch_processing.test.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/epoch_processing.test.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ const epochProcessing =
           expectEqualBeaconState(fork, expected, actual);
         },
         // Do not manually skip tests here, do it in packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/index.test.ts
-        shouldSkip: (_testcase, name, _index) => skipTestNames?.some((skipTestName) => name.includes(skipTestName)),
+        shouldSkip: (_testcase, name, _index) => skipTestNames?.some((skipTestName) => name.includes(skipTestName)) ?? false,
       },
     };
   };
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/transition.test.ts b/packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/transition.test.ts
index 5bbe4f7f0aa..00fdd726cf0 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/transition.test.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/transition.test.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const transition =
           expectEqualBeaconState(forkNext, expected, actual);
         },
         // Do not manually skip tests here, do it in packages/beacon-node/test/spec/presets/index.test.ts
-        shouldSkip: (_testcase, name, _index) => skipTestNames?.some((skipTestName) => name.includes(skipTestName)),
+        shouldSkip: (_testcase, name, _index) => skipTestNames?.some((skipTestName) => name.includes(skipTestName)) ?? false,
       },
     };
   };