diff --git a/src/Squawk.ts b/src/Squawk.ts
index 8dde883..01a0b5d 100644
--- a/src/Squawk.ts
+++ b/src/Squawk.ts
@@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ export default function createStore<T>(initialState: Required<T>, useReduxDevToo
         () =>
           new Proxy(localPending, {
             get(_, prop) {
-              contexts.current.add(prop as StoreProp);
+              if (typeof prop === "string") {
+                contexts.current.add(prop as StoreProp);
+              }
               return localPending[prop as StoreProp];
             }
           }),
@@ -382,7 +384,9 @@ export default function createStore<T>(initialState: Required<T>, useReduxDevToo
         () =>
           new Proxy(localState, {
             get(_, prop) {
-              contexts.current.add(prop as StoreProp);
+              if (typeof prop === "string") {
+                contexts.current.add(prop as StoreProp);
+              }
               return localState[prop as StoreProp];
             }
           }),
diff --git a/src/__tests__/Squawk.proxy.test.ts b/src/__tests__/Squawk.proxy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9841a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/Squawk.proxy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import createStore from "../Squawk";
+import * as React from "react";
+
+// Mock React hooks to simulate hook environment
+jest.mock("react", () => {
+  const actualReact = jest.requireActual("react");
+  return {
+    ...actualReact,
+    useState: jest.fn((init) => [typeof init === 'function' ? init() : init, jest.fn()]),
+    useRef: jest.fn((init) => ({ current: init })),
+    useMemo: jest.fn((factory) => factory()),
+    useEffect: jest.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
+describe("Squawk proxy vulnerability", () => {
+  it("does not crash or add Symbol properties to contexts in usePending", () => {
+    // Clear mocks between tests
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+
+    const store = createStore({ foo: "bar", baz: 123 });
+    const pending = store.usePending();
+
+    // Access a Symbol property on the returned proxy
+    const sym = Symbol("test");
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const value = pending[sym];
+    expect(value).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Since we mocked useRef, we can check its calls
+    const useRefCalls = (React.useRef as jest.Mock).mock.calls;
+    // useIfMounted has 2 useRef calls, usePending has 1
+    const contextsRef = useRefCalls[2][0]; // explicitContexts set
+
+    expect(contextsRef).toBeInstanceOf(Set);
+    expect(contextsRef.has(sym)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does not crash or add Symbol properties to contexts in useSquawk", () => {
+    // Clear mocks between tests
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+
+    const store = createStore({ foo: "bar", baz: 123 });
+    const state = store.useSquawk();
+
+    // Access a Symbol property on the returned proxy
+    const sym = Symbol("test");
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const value = state[sym];
+    expect(value).toBeUndefined();
+
+    const useRefCalls = (React.useRef as jest.Mock).mock.calls;
+    const contextsRef = useRefCalls[2][0]; // explicitContexts set
+
+    expect(contextsRef).toBeInstanceOf(Set);
+    expect(contextsRef.has(sym)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});