diff --git a/integrations/pgvector/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/pgvector/converters.py b/integrations/pgvector/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/pgvector/converters.py
index 2913c60075..14d3b29fd9 100644
--- a/integrations/pgvector/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/pgvector/converters.py
+++ b/integrations/pgvector/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/pgvector/converters.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from dataclasses import replace
 from typing import Any
 
 from haystack import logging
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ def _from_haystack_to_pg_documents(documents: list[Document]) -> list[dict[str,
         db_document["blob_meta"] = Jsonb(blob.meta) if blob and blob.meta else None
         db_document["blob_mime_type"] = blob.mime_type if blob and blob.mime_type else None
         db_document["meta"] = Jsonb(db_document["meta"])
+        # PostgreSQL text fields cannot contain NUL (0x00) bytes, removing NUL bytes
+        if content := db_document["content"]:
+            db_document["content"] = content.replace("\x00", "")
 
         if "sparse_embedding" in db_document:
             sparse_embedding = db_document.pop("sparse_embedding", None)
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ def _from_pg_to_haystack_documents(documents: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[Docu
 
         if blob_data:
             blob = ByteStream(data=blob_data, meta=blob_meta, mime_type=blob_mime_type)
-            haystack_document.blob = blob
+            haystack_document = replace(haystack_document, blob=blob)
 
         haystack_documents.append(haystack_document)
 
diff --git a/integrations/pgvector/tests/test_converters.py b/integrations/pgvector/tests/test_converters.py
index cb72028739..bf3be8c629 100644
--- a/integrations/pgvector/tests/test_converters.py
+++ b/integrations/pgvector/tests/test_converters.py
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ def test_from_haystack_to_pg_documents():
             embedding=[0.7, 0.8, 0.9],
             score=0.7,
         ),
+        Document(
+            id="4",
+            content="This is another text\x00",
+            meta={"meta_key": "meta_value"},
+            embedding=[0.7, 0.8, 0.9],
+            score=0.8,
+        ),
     ]
 
     pg_docs = _from_haystack_to_pg_documents(haystack_docs)
@@ -64,6 +71,16 @@ def test_from_haystack_to_pg_documents():
     assert pg_docs[2]["embedding"] == [0.7, 0.8, 0.9]
     assert "score" not in pg_docs[2]
 
+    assert pg_docs[3]["id"] == "4"
+    assert pg_docs[3]["content"] == "This is another text"
+    assert pg_docs[3]["blob_data"] is None
+    assert pg_docs[3]["blob_meta"] is None
+    assert pg_docs[3]["blob_mime_type"] is None
+    assert "dataframe" not in pg_docs[3]
+    assert pg_docs[3]["meta"].obj == {"meta_key": "meta_value"}
+    assert pg_docs[3]["embedding"] == [0.7, 0.8, 0.9]
+    assert "score" not in pg_docs[3]
+
 
 def test_from_pg_to_haystack_documents():
     pg_docs = [