diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9318985c7..2688dd5bf 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# teal.modules.general 0.2.16.9011
+# teal.modules.general 0.2.16.9012
 
 ### Enhancements
 
diff --git a/R/tm_g_scatterplotmatrix.R b/R/tm_g_scatterplotmatrix.R
index 85e43923a..1f3b57d15 100644
--- a/R/tm_g_scatterplotmatrix.R
+++ b/R/tm_g_scatterplotmatrix.R
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ srv_g_scatterplotmatrix <- function(id, data, reporter, filter_panel_api, variab
       }
 
       teal::validate_has_data(ANL, 10)
-      teal::validate_has_data(ANL[, cols_names], 10, complete = TRUE, allow_inf = FALSE)
+      teal::validate_has_data(ANL[, cols_names, drop = FALSE], 10, complete = TRUE, allow_inf = FALSE)
 
       # get labels and proper variable names
       varnames <- varname_w_label(cols_names, ANL, wrap_width = 20) # nolint
diff --git a/R/tm_outliers.R b/R/tm_outliers.R
index 71341c563..937d7338d 100644
--- a/R/tm_outliers.R
+++ b/R/tm_outliers.R
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ srv_outliers <- function(id, data, reporter, filter_panel_api, outlier_var,
         `if`(
           length(categorical_var) == 0,
           ANL,
-          ANL[, names(ANL) != categorical_var]
+          ANL[, names(ANL) != categorical_var, drop = FALSE]
         ),
         min_nrow = 10,
         complete = TRUE,