diff --git a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-common.tsx b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-common.tsx
index 727edf38405..0590d96acc7 100644
--- a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-common.tsx
+++ b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-common.tsx
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ export class GeneratedAnswerCommon {
     const {title} = citation;
     const {i18n} = this.props.getBindings();
 
-    return title.trim() !== ''
+    const normalizedTitle = (title ?? '').trim();
+
+    return normalizedTitle
       ? citation
       : {...citation, title: i18n.t('no-title')};
   }
diff --git a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-utils.spec.ts b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-utils.spec.ts
index f91c7ce9a8d..c2b7407f07e 100644
--- a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-utils.spec.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ describe('generated-answer-utils', () => {
       expect(result.title).toBe('No title');
     });
 
+    it('should return citation with fallback title when title is missing', () => {
+      // @ts-expect-error Test fixture with partial mock
+      const citation: GeneratedAnswerCitation = {
+        id: 'test-2',
+        uri: 'https://example.com',
+      };
+
+      const result = getCitationWithTitle(citation, i18n);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBe(citation);
+      expect(result.id).toBe('test-2');
+      expect(result.uri).toBe('https://example.com');
+      expect(result.title).toBe('No title');
+    });
+
     it('should return citation with fallback title when title is only whitespace', () => {
       // @ts-expect-error Test fixture with partial mock
       const citation: GeneratedAnswerCitation = {
diff --git a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-utils.ts b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-utils.ts
index ac3e7ba3db1..1b0462d02ba 100644
--- a/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/atomic/src/components/common/generated-answer/generated-answer-utils.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ export function getCitationWithTitle(
   i18n: i18n
 ): GeneratedAnswerCitation {
   const {title} = citation;
-  return title.trim() !== ''
+  const normalizedTitle = (title ?? '').trim();
+
+  return normalizedTitle !== ''
     ? citation
     : {...citation, title: i18n.t('no-title')};
 }