diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f896898..fafc551 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@makerx/node-winston",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@makerx/node-winston",
-      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "version": "2.0.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@colors/colors": "^1.6.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c271e17..01d3ead 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@makerx/node-winston",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "private": false,
   "description": "A set of winston formats, console transport and logger creation functions",
   "author": "MakerX",
diff --git a/src/omit-nil-format.spec.ts b/src/omit-nil-format.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c56c57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/omit-nil-format.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { TransformableInfo } from 'logform'
+import { LEVEL, MESSAGE } from 'triple-beam'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { omitNilFormat } from './omit-nil-format'
+
+const runOmitNil = (info: Record<string | symbol, unknown>) => {
+  const transform = omitNilFormat()
+  const input = { [LEVEL]: 'info', [MESSAGE]: 'msg', level: 'info', message: 'msg', ...info } as TransformableInfo
+  return transform.transform(input, {}) as Record<string | symbol, unknown>
+}
+
+describe('omitNilFormat', () => {
+  it('removes null and undefined values', () => {
+    const result = runOmitNil({ a: 1, b: null, c: undefined, d: 'x' })
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ a: 1, d: 'x' })
+    expect(result).not.toHaveProperty('b')
+    expect(result).not.toHaveProperty('c')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps falsy-but-not-nil values', () => {
+    const result = runOmitNil({ zero: 0, empty: '', no: false })
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ zero: 0, empty: '', no: false })
+  })
+
+  it('preserves the LEVEL and MESSAGE symbols (regression: pg error length splat)', () => {
+    // pg errors carry a numeric `length` property; older es-toolkit/compat
+    // omitBy treated this object as array-like and stripped triple-beam symbols,
+    // breaking downstream colorize.
+    const result = runOmitNil({ length: 4, name: 'error', code: '23505' })
+
+    expect(result[LEVEL]).toBe('info')
+    expect(result[MESSAGE]).toBe('msg')
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ length: 4, name: 'error', code: '23505' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/omit-nil-format.ts b/src/omit-nil-format.ts
index a9a2ddc..f2322dc 100644
--- a/src/omit-nil-format.ts
+++ b/src/omit-nil-format.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-import { isNil, omitBy } from 'es-toolkit/compat'
 import { TransformableInfo } from 'logform'
 import { format } from 'winston'
 
-export const omitNilFormat = format((info) => omitBy(info, isNil) as TransformableInfo)
+// Hand-rolled rather than using es-toolkit/compat's omitBy: that treats any
+// object with a numeric `length` property (e.g. a pg error spread via splat)
+// as array-like, returns {}, and drops winston's LEVEL/MESSAGE symbols —
+// breaking downstream formats like colorize. See toss/es-toolkit#1706.
+export const omitNilFormat = format((info) => {
+  const out: Record<string | symbol, unknown> = {}
+  for (const key of Object.keys(info)) {
+    if (info[key] != null) out[key] = info[key]
+  }
+  for (const sym of Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(info)) {
+    if (info[sym] != null) out[sym] = info[sym]
+  }
+  return out as TransformableInfo
+})