diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84fee01..a3057d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changes
 
+* 2.6.next in progress
+  * Fix [#549](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/549) by using `:bb` conditionals to support Babashka (and still support Clojure 1.9.0).
+
 * 2.6.1203 -- 2024-10-22
   * Fix [#548](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/548) which was a regression introduced in [#526](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/526) (in 2.6.1161).
   * Address [#542](https://github.com/seancorfield/honeysql/issues/542) by adding support for `WITH` query tail options for PostgreSQL.
diff --git a/src/honey/sql.cljc b/src/honey/sql.cljc
index 7141f9d..ab12166 100644
--- a/src/honey/sql.cljc
+++ b/src/honey/sql.cljc
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@
 (defn- format-simple-var
   ([x]
    (let [c (if (keyword? x)
-             #?(:clj (str (.sym ^clojure.lang.Keyword x)) ;; Omits leading colon
+             #?(:bb  (str (symbol x))
+                :clj (str (.sym ^clojure.lang.Keyword x)) ;; Omits leading colon
                 :default (subs (str x) 1))
              (str x))]
      (format-simple-var x c {})))
@@ -437,7 +438,8 @@
    ;; for multiple / in the %fun.call case so that
    ;; qualified column names can be used:
    (let [c (if (keyword? x)
-             #?(:clj (str (.sym ^clojure.lang.Keyword x)) ;; Omits leading colon
+             #?(:bb  (str (symbol x))
+                :clj (str (.sym ^clojure.lang.Keyword x)) ;; Omits leading colon
                 :default (subs (str x) 1))
              (str x))]
      (cond (str/starts-with? c "%")