diff --git a/bin/create-docs-pr.js b/bin/create-docs-pr.js
index 6db947facd..feb76d8f1c 100644
--- a/bin/create-docs-pr.js
+++ b/bin/create-docs-pr.js
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ async function getFrontMatter(tagName, frontMatterFile) {
   }
 
   return {
-    security: JSON.stringify(frontmatter.changes.security),
-    bugfixes: JSON.stringify(frontmatter.changes.bugfixes),
-    features: JSON.stringify(frontmatter.changes.features)
+    security: JSON.stringify(frontmatter.changes.security || []),
+    bugfixes: JSON.stringify(frontmatter.changes.bugfixes || []),
+    features: JSON.stringify(frontmatter.changes.features || [])
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/test/create-docs-pr.test.js b/bin/test/create-docs-pr.test.js
index d467047e2c..9f1e652c79 100644
--- a/bin/test/create-docs-pr.test.js
+++ b/bin/test/create-docs-pr.test.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ tap.test('Create Docs PR script', (testHarness) => {
     t.test('should throw an error if there is no frontmatter', async (t) => {
       mockFs.readFile.yields(null, JSON.stringify({ entries: [{ version: '1.2.3', changes: [] }] }))
 
+      // eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/no-duplicate-string
       const func = () => script.getFrontMatter('v2.0.0', 'changelog.json')
       t.rejects(func, 'Unable to find 2.0.0 entry in changelog.json')
 
@@ -106,6 +107,29 @@ tap.test('Create Docs PR script', (testHarness) => {
       })
       t.end()
     })
+
+    t.test('should return empty arrays if missing changes', async (t) => {
+      mockFs.readFile.yields(
+        null,
+        JSON.stringify({
+          entries: [
+            {
+              version: '2.0.0',
+              changes: {}
+            }
+          ]
+        })
+      )
+
+      const result = await script.getFrontMatter('v2.0.0', 'changelog.json')
+
+      t.same(result, {
+        security: '[]',
+        bugfixes: '[]',
+        features: '[]'
+      })
+      t.end()
+    })
   })
 
   testHarness.test('formatReleaseNotes', (t) => {
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index 2c281aca78..5919d2c14c 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       "version": "11.23.0",
       "changes": {
         "security": [],
+        "bugfixes": [],
         "features": [
           "Added support for account level governance of AI Monitoring"
         ]
@@ -514,4 +515,4 @@
       }
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}