diff --git a/posthog/temporal/batch_exports/postgres_batch_export.py b/posthog/temporal/batch_exports/postgres_batch_export.py
index 458b4cb1a6f1b7..1a2cf640554528 100644
--- a/posthog/temporal/batch_exports/postgres_batch_export.py
+++ b/posthog/temporal/batch_exports/postgres_batch_export.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import collections.abc
 import contextlib
 import csv
@@ -387,7 +388,10 @@ async def copy_tsv_to_postgres(
                         fields=sql.SQL(",").join(sql.Identifier(column) for column in schema_columns),
                     )
                 ) as copy:
-                    while data := tsv_file.read():
+                    while data := await asyncio.to_thread(tsv_file.read):
+                        # \u0000 cannot be present in PostgreSQL's jsonb type, and will cause an error.
+                        # See: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/datatype-json.html
+                        data = data.replace(b"\\u0000", b"")
                         await copy.write(data)
 
 
diff --git a/posthog/temporal/tests/batch_exports/conftest.py b/posthog/temporal/tests/batch_exports/conftest.py
index 7044d8fe968680..8acd322390f975 100644
--- a/posthog/temporal/tests/batch_exports/conftest.py
+++ b/posthog/temporal/tests/batch_exports/conftest.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ async def generate_test_data(
         count_outside_range=10,
         count_other_team=10,
         duplicate=True,
-        properties={"$browser": "Chrome", "$os": "Mac OS X"},
+        properties={"$browser": "Chrome", "$os": "Mac OS X", "unicode": "\u0000"},
         person_properties={"utm_medium": "referral", "$initial_os": "Linux"},
         table=table,
     )
diff --git a/posthog/temporal/tests/batch_exports/test_postgres_batch_export_workflow.py b/posthog/temporal/tests/batch_exports/test_postgres_batch_export_workflow.py
index 56e4c914640329..ec4a345fba2b6b 100644
--- a/posthog/temporal/tests/batch_exports/test_postgres_batch_export_workflow.py
+++ b/posthog/temporal/tests/batch_exports/test_postgres_batch_export_workflow.py
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ async def assert_clickhouse_records_in_postgres(
                     # bq_ingested_timestamp cannot be compared as it comes from an unstable function.
                     continue
 
+                if isinstance(v, str):
+                    v = v.replace("\\u0000", "")
+                elif isinstance(v, bytes):
+                    v = v.replace(b"\\u0000", b"")
+
                 if k in {"properties", "set", "set_once", "person_properties", "elements"} and v is not None:
                     expected_record[k] = json.loads(v)
                 elif isinstance(v, dt.datetime):