diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
index 7bbce9641..97b13ed30 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ MIGRATIONS = [
     channel TEXT NOT NULL,
     version TEXT NOT NULL,
     type TEXT NOT NULL,
-    blob BYTEA NOT NULL,
+    blob BYTEA,
     PRIMARY KEY (thread_id, checkpoint_ns, channel, version)
 );""",
     """CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS checkpoint_writes (
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ MIGRATIONS = [
     blob BYTEA NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (thread_id, checkpoint_ns, checkpoint_id, task_id, idx)
 );""",
+    "ALTER TABLE checkpoint_blobs ALTER COLUMN blob DROP not null;",
 ]
 
 SELECT_SQL = """
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ class BasePostgresSaver(BaseCheckpointSaver):
         return {
             k.decode(): self.serde.loads_typed((t.decode(), v))
             for k, t, v in blob_values
+            if t.decode() != "empty"
         }
 
     def _dump_blobs(
@@ -162,10 +164,13 @@ class BasePostgresSaver(BaseCheckpointSaver):
                 checkpoint_ns,
                 k,
                 ver,
-                *self.serde.dumps_typed(values[k]),
+                *(
+                    self.serde.dumps_typed(values[k])
+                    if k in values
+                    else ("empty", None)
+                ),
             )
             for k, ver in versions.items()
-            if k in values
         ]
 
     def _load_writes(
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py b/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
index 55e6ad976..728effc0e 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from syrupy import SnapshotAssertion
 from langgraph.channels.base import BaseChannel
 from langgraph.channels.binop import BinaryOperatorAggregate
 from langgraph.channels.context import Context
+from langgraph.channels.ephemeral_value import EphemeralValue
 from langgraph.channels.last_value import LastValue
 from langgraph.channels.topic import Topic
 from langgraph.channels.untracked_value import UntrackedValue
@@ -9378,3 +9379,29 @@ def test_xray_lance(snapshot: SnapshotAssertion):
     # View
     assert graph.get_graph().to_json() == snapshot
     assert graph.get_graph(xray=1).to_json() == snapshot
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "checkpointer_name",
+    ["memory", "sqlite", "postgres", "postgres_pipe"],
+)
+def test_channel_values(request: pytest.FixtureRequest, checkpointer_name: str) -> None:
+    checkpointer = request.getfixturevalue(f"checkpointer_{checkpointer_name}")
+
+    config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "1"}}
+    chain = Channel.subscribe_to("input") | Channel.write_to("output")
+    app = Pregel(
+        nodes={
+            "one": chain,
+        },
+        channels={
+            "ephemeral": EphemeralValue(Any),
+            "input": LastValue(int),
+            "output": LastValue(int),
+        },
+        input_channels=["input", "ephemeral"],
+        output_channels="output",
+        checkpointer=checkpointer,
+    )
+    app.invoke({"input": 1, "ephemeral": "meow"}, config)
+    assert checkpointer.get(config)["channel_values"] == {"input": 1, "output": 1}