diff --git a/.changeset/poor-chicken-occur.md b/.changeset/poor-chicken-occur.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b2460d86d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/poor-chicken-occur.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/clerk-js': patch
+---
+
+Added proper type checking before using the in operator to prevent errors when modal state contains non-object values
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/ui/Components.tsx b/packages/clerk-js/src/ui/Components.tsx
index 45dfd1cb763..90f6952d847 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/ui/Components.tsx
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/ui/Components.tsx
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ const Components = (props: ComponentsProps) => {
       setState(s => {
         function handleCloseModalForExperimentalUserVerification() {
           const modal = s[`${name}Modal`] || {};
-          if ('afterVerificationCancelled' in modal && notify) {
+          if (modal && typeof modal === 'object' && 'afterVerificationCancelled' in modal && notify) {
             modal.afterVerificationCancelled?.();
           }
         }