diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d899928..b550849 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,14 +55,12 @@ deno add npm:sql-escaper
 
 ### [MySQL2](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2)
 
-🚧 For **MySQL2**, it already uses **SQL Escaper** as its default escaping library since version `3.17.0`, so you just need to update it to the latest version:
+For **MySQL2**, it already uses **SQL Escaper** as its default escaping library since version `3.17.0`, so you just need to update it to the latest version:
 
 ```bash
-npm i mysql2@latest # soon
+npm i mysql2@latest
 ```
 
-- Check the progress migration in [sidorares/node-mysql2#4054](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/4054).
-
 ### [mysqljs/mysql](https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql)
 
 You can use an overrides in your _package.json_:
@@ -83,6 +81,8 @@ You can use an overrides in your _package.json_:
 
 ## Usage
 
+For _up-to-date_ documentation, always follow the [**README.md**](https://github.com/mysqljs/sql-escaper?tab=readme-ov-file#readme) in the **GitHub** repository.
+
 ### Quickstart
 
 ```js
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ escape(raw('NOW()'));
 // => 'NOW()'
 ```
 
-> For _up-to-date_ documentation, always follow the [**README.md**](https://github.com/mysqljs/sql-escaper?tab=readme-ov-file#readme) in the **GitHub** repository.
-
 ### Import
 
 #### ES Modules
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 72234df..7854bf0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ export const format = (
       ) {
         escapedValue = objectToValues(currentValue, timezone);
         setIndex = -1;
-      } else escapedValue = escape(currentValue, stringifyObjects, timezone);
+      } else escapedValue = escape(currentValue, true, timezone);
     } else escapedValue = escape(currentValue, stringifyObjects, timezone);
 
     result += sql.slice(chunkIndex, placeholderPosition);
diff --git a/test/escape.test.ts b/test/escape.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6213e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/escape.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { assert, describe, it } from 'poku';
+import { escape } from '../src/index.ts';
+
+describe("Can't bypass via object injection using escape directly", () => {
+  const value = { password: 1 };
+  const expected = "'[object Object]'";
+
+  it('should stringify object when stringifyObjects is true', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(escape(value, true), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should stringify object when stringifyObjects is false', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(escape(value, false), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should stringify object when stringifyObjects is 0', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing 0 as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(escape(value, 0), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should stringify object when stringifyObjects is empty string', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing empty string as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(escape(value, ''), expected);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Object expansion when stringifyObjects is nullish', () => {
+  const value = { password: 1 };
+  const expanded = '`password` = 1';
+
+  it('should expand object when stringifyObjects is undefined', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(escape(value, undefined), expanded);
+  });
+
+  it('should expand object when stringifyObjects is null', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing null as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(escape(value, null), expanded);
+  });
+
+  it('should expand object when stringifyObjects is omitted', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(escape(value), expanded);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Safe object to key-value expansion for SET clauses', () => {
+  it('should expand single key-value pair', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(escape({ name: 'foo' }), "`name` = 'foo'");
+  });
+
+  it('should expand multiple key-value pairs', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      escape({ name: 'foo', email: 'bar@test.com' }),
+      "`name` = 'foo', `email` = 'bar@test.com'"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should expand mixed value types', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      escape({ name: 'foo', active: true, age: 30 }),
+      "`name` = 'foo', `active` = true, `age` = 30"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should skip function values', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(escape({ name: 'foo', fn: () => {} }), "`name` = 'foo'");
+  });
+
+  it('should return empty string for empty object', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(escape({}), '');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/falsy.test.ts b/test/falsy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54a5e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/falsy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { assert, describe, it } from 'poku';
+import { format } from '../src/index.ts';
+
+describe('Safe SET with object parameter', () => {
+  const sql = 'UPDATE users SET ?';
+  const values = [{ name: 'foo', email: 'bar@test.com' }];
+  const expected = "UPDATE users SET `name` = 'foo', `email` = 'bar@test.com'";
+
+  it('should expand object to key-value pairs when stringifyObjects is undefined', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, undefined), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should expand object to key-value pairs when stringifyObjects is null', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing null as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, null), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should expand object to key-value pairs when stringifyObjects is false', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, false), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should expand object to key-value pairs when stringifyObjects is 0', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing 0 as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, 0), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should expand object to key-value pairs when stringifyObjects is empty string', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing empty string as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, ''), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should expand object to key-value pairs when stringifyObjects is omitted', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values), expected);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Can't bypass via object password injection", () => {
+  const sql = 'SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ? AND `password` = ?';
+  const values: [string, { password: boolean }] = ['admin', { password: true }];
+  const expected =
+    "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `username` = 'admin' AND `password` = '[object Object]'";
+
+  it('should not generate a SQL fragment when stringifyObjects is undefined', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, undefined), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should not generate a SQL fragment when stringifyObjects is null', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing null as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, null), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should not generate a SQL fragment when stringifyObjects is false', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, false), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should not generate a SQL fragment when stringifyObjects is 0', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing 0 as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, 0), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should not generate a SQL fragment when stringifyObjects is empty string', () => {
+    // @ts-expect-error: testing empty string as a falsy runtime value
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values, ''), expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should not generate a SQL fragment when stringifyObjects is omitted', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(format(sql, values), expected);
+  });
+});