diff --git a/.changeset/poor-cars-teach.md b/.changeset/poor-cars-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14cdc00606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/poor-cars-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"effect": patch
+---
+
+correctly exclude symbols from Record.keys
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/Record.ts b/packages/effect/src/Record.ts
index 1f9f3a23ca..580a21b347 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/Record.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/Record.ts
@@ -895,7 +895,8 @@ export const partition: {
  *
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
-export const keys = <K extends string, A>(self: ReadonlyRecord<K, A>): Array<K> => Object.keys(self) as Array<K>
+export const keys = <K extends string | symbol, A>(self: ReadonlyRecord<K, A>): Array<K & string> =>
+  Object.keys(self) as Array<K & string>
 
 /**
  * Retrieve the values of a given record as an array.