diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/HoverScrubber.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/HoverScrubber.tsx
index e9f3f8209..8fd97e1a7 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/HoverScrubber.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/HoverScrubber.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import React, { useMemo } from "react";
 import cx from "classnames";
 
+// #5231: TouchEvent is not defined on all browsers
+const touchEventDefined = window.TouchEvent !== undefined;
+
 interface IHoverScrubber {
   totalSprites: number;
   activeIndex: number | undefined;
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ export const HoverScrubber: React.FC<IHoverScrubber> = ({
     let x = 0;
     if (e.nativeEvent instanceof MouseEvent) {
       x = e.nativeEvent.offsetX;
-    } else if (e.nativeEvent instanceof TouchEvent) {
+    } else if (touchEventDefined && e.nativeEvent instanceof TouchEvent) {
       x =
         e.nativeEvent.touches[0].clientX -
         e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect().x;
@@ -47,7 +50,8 @@ export const HoverScrubber: React.FC<IHoverScrubber> = ({
 
     if (
       (e instanceof MouseEvent && relatedTarget !== e.target) ||
-      (e instanceof TouchEvent &&
+      (touchEventDefined &&
+        e instanceof TouchEvent &&
         document.elementFromPoint(e.touches[0].clientX, e.touches[0].clientY))
     )
       return;
@@ -70,7 +74,8 @@ export const HoverScrubber: React.FC<IHoverScrubber> = ({
 
     if (
       (e instanceof MouseEvent && relatedTarget !== e.target) ||
-      (e instanceof TouchEvent &&
+      (touchEventDefined &&
+        e instanceof TouchEvent &&
         document.elementFromPoint(e.touches[0].clientX, e.touches[0].clientY))
     )
       return;