diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b5cf33ae..8b75bd2c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "express-openapi-validator",
-  "version": "5.0.4",
+  "version": "5.0.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "express-openapi-validator",
-      "version": "5.0.4",
+      "version": "5.0.5",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@apidevtools/json-schema-ref-parser": "^9.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b4650e2..77f00a65 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "express-openapi-validator",
-  "version": "5.0.4",
+  "version": "5.0.5",
   "description": "Automatically validate API requests and responses with OpenAPI 3 and Express.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts b/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
index a4e6ec6b..a2d1dc38 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class RequestValidator {
     this.middlewareCache = {};
     this.apiDoc = apiDoc;
     // Examples not needed for validation
-    delete this.apiDoc.components.examples;
+    delete this.apiDoc.components?.examples;
     this.requestOpts.allowUnknownQueryParameters =
       options.allowUnknownQueryParameters;
     this.ajv = createRequestAjv(apiDoc, { ...options, coerceTypes: true });