diff --git a/src/stream/consumption.ts b/src/stream/consumption.ts
index 14adc0f..0a859ff 100644
--- a/src/stream/consumption.ts
+++ b/src/stream/consumption.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ export class StreamConsumption<T, E> extends StreamBase {
      * @param options.atoms - By default, only `ok` values are serialised, however enabling this
      * will serialise all values.
      *
+     * @note this will skip `undefined` values as they cannot be serialised.
+     *
      * @see {@link Stream#toReadable} if serialisation is not required
      * @group Consumption
      */
@@ -109,6 +111,11 @@ export class StreamConsumption<T, E> extends StreamBase {
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                // Skip undefined values (they cannot be serialised into JSON)
+                if (atom.value === undefined) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 if (sentItems > 0) {
                     if (options?.single) {
                         // Monitor for multiple values being sent when only one is desired
diff --git a/test/consumption.test.ts b/test/consumption.test.ts
index 30dcbb3..b90ce68 100644
--- a/test/consumption.test.ts
+++ b/test/consumption.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,32 @@ import $ from "../src";
 import { Readable } from "node:stream";
 
 describe.concurrent("stream consumption", () => {
+    describe.concurrent("serialise", () => {
+        test("simple number values", async ({ expect }) => {
+            expect.assertions(1);
+
+            const jsonStream = $.from([1, 2, 3]).serialise();
+            const json = await streamToString(jsonStream);
+            expect(json).toEqual("[1,2,3]");
+        });
+
+        test("null values", async ({ expect }) => {
+            expect.assertions(1);
+
+            const jsonStream = $.from([1, null, 3]).serialise();
+            const json = await streamToString(jsonStream);
+            expect(json).toEqual("[1,null,3]");
+        });
+
+        test("skip undefined values", async ({ expect }) => {
+            expect.assertions(1);
+
+            const jsonStream = $.from([1, undefined, 3]).serialise();
+            const json = await streamToString(jsonStream);
+            expect(json).toEqual("[1,3]");
+        });
+    });
+
     describe.concurrent("toArray", () => {
         test("values", async ({ expect }) => {
             expect.assertions(1);
@@ -215,6 +241,12 @@ function promisifyStream(stream: Readable): Promise<unknown[]> {
     });
 }
 
+async function streamToString(stream: Readable): Promise<string> {
+    const textDecoder = new TextDecoder();
+    const chunks = await stream.toArray();
+    return chunks.map((chunk) => textDecoder.decode(chunk)).join("");
+}
+
 async function emptyStream(stream: Readable): Promise<{ data: unknown[]; errors: unknown[] }> {
     const errors: unknown[] = [];
     const data: unknown[] = [];