diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca13b5e83..c7cb2dd9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## v2.0.0-beta.53
+
+`SubnavigationItem` bug fix
 ## v2.0.0-beta.52
 
 Add an option to pass stringToMatch prop to `SubnavigationItem`, this can be used to pass a string that is turned into a regex pattern
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9272fc84d..874fe2ead 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lob/ui-components",
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.52",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.53",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lob/ui-components",
-      "version": "2.0.0-beta.52",
+      "version": "2.0.0-beta.53",
       "dependencies": {
         "date-fns": "^2.29.3",
         "date-fns-holiday-us": "^0.3.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3477964d..68c042fc6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lob/ui-components",
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.52",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.53",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=14.18.2",
     "npm": ">=8.3.0"
diff --git a/src/components/Subnavigation/SubnavigationItem.vue b/src/components/Subnavigation/SubnavigationItem.vue
index ba15caf25..2bd03281b 100644
--- a/src/components/Subnavigation/SubnavigationItem.vue
+++ b/src/components/Subnavigation/SubnavigationItem.vue
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default {
       }
       return this.matchQueryString ?
         this.$route.fullPath === this.to :
-        this.$route.fullPath.includes(this.to);
+        this.$route.fullPath?.includes(this.to);
     }
   }
 };