diff --git a/packages/api-client/src/index.ts b/packages/api-client/src/index.ts
index c75b39da3b38..02a40b8a54f9 100644
--- a/packages/api-client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api-client/src/index.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class RestClient implements RestClientInterface {
 			console.warn('Endpoint cannot contain query string', endpoint);
 		}
 		const queryParams = this.getParams(params);
-		return this.send(`${endpoint}${queryParams ? `?${queryParams}` : ''}`, 'GET', options).then(function (response) {
+		return this.send(`${endpoint}${queryParams ? `?${queryParams}` : ''}`, 'GET', options ?? {}).then(function (response) {
 			return response.json();
 		});
 	}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class RestClient implements RestClientInterface {
 	};
 
 	delete: RestClientInterface['delete'] = (endpoint, params, options) => {
-		return this.send(endpoint, 'DELETE', options).then(function (response) {
+		return this.send(endpoint, 'DELETE', options ?? {}).then(function (response) {
 			return response.json();
 		});
 	};