diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useNodeConnections.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useNodeConnections.ts
index 038a70a2..b0481851 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/useNodeConnections.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useNodeConnections.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function useNodeConnections({
   nodeId,
   onConnect,
   onDisconnect,
-}: UseNodeConnectionsParams): NodeConnection[] {
+}: UseNodeConnectionsParams = {}): NodeConnection[] {
   const _nodeId = useNodeId();
   const currentNodeId = nodeId ?? _nodeId;
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useNodeConnections.ts b/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useNodeConnections.ts
index 0393db21..fbebdd92 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useNodeConnections.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/lib/hooks/useNodeConnections.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const initialConnections: NodeConnection[] = [];
  * @todo @param param.onDisconnect - gets called when a connection is removed
  * @returns an array with connections
  */
-export function useNodeConnections({ type, nodeId, handleId }: UseNodeConnectionsParams) {
+export function useNodeConnections({ type, nodeId, handleId }: UseNodeConnectionsParams = {}) {
   const { edges, connectionLookup } = useStore();
 
   const _nodeId = getContext<string>('svelteflow__node_id');