diff --git a/packages/combobox/src/index.tsx b/packages/combobox/src/index.tsx
index 6f9f0497c..5bac66c9a 100644
--- a/packages/combobox/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/combobox/src/index.tsx
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ export const ComboboxOption: ComponentWithForwardedRef<
 
   let index = useDescendant({
     context: ComboboxDescendantContext,
-    element: ownRef.current,
+    element: ownRef.current!,
     value
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/menu-button/src/index.tsx b/packages/menu-button/src/index.tsx
index 056a59be3..2edcfbc71 100644
--- a/packages/menu-button/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/menu-button/src/index.tsx
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ const MenuItemImpl = forwardRefWithAs<MenuItemImplProps, "div">(
     const index = useDescendant(
       {
         context: MenuDescendantContext,
-        element: ownRef.current,
+        element: ownRef.current!,
         key: valueText
       },
       indexProp
diff --git a/packages/tabs/src/index.tsx b/packages/tabs/src/index.tsx
index 9b6714038..f7662de8d 100644
--- a/packages/tabs/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/tabs/src/index.tsx
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ export const Tab = forwardRefWithAs<
   const ownRef = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
   const ref = useForkedRef(forwardedRef, ownRef);
   const index = useDescendant({
-    element: ownRef.current,
+    element: ownRef.current!,
     context: TabsDescendantsContext
   });
 
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ export const TabPanel = forwardRefWithAs<TabPanelProps, "div">(
     let ownRef = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 
     let index = useDescendant({
-      element: ownRef.current,
+      element: ownRef.current!,
       context: TabPanelDescendantsContext
     });
     let isSelected = index === selectedIndex;
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.tsx b/packages/utils/src/index.tsx
index 00788ffc8..c9b9b426d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.tsx
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ export {
 
 export type Descendant<T, P = {}> = P & {
   element: (T extends HTMLElement ? T : HTMLElement) | null;
+  index: number;
 };
 
 export interface IDescendantContext<T, P> {
@@ -375,7 +376,9 @@ export function useDescendant<T, P>(
     context,
     element,
     ...rest
-  }: Descendant<T, P> & { context: React.Context<IDescendantContext<T, P>> },
+  }: Omit<Descendant<T, P>, "index"> & {
+    context: React.Context<IDescendantContext<T, P>>;
+  },
   indexProp?: number
 ) {
   let [, forceUpdate] = useState();
@@ -450,7 +453,7 @@ export function DescendantProvider<T, P>({
             );
           });
 
-          let newItem = { element, ...rest } as Descendant<T, P>;
+          let newItem = { element, index, ...rest } as Descendant<T, P>;
 
           // If an index is not found we will push the element to the end.
           if (index === -1) {