diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 119c01a8..22fec8b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Omit `variables` from log if it is an empty object
+
 ### Fixed
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
index ee865feb..ee3c626e 100644
--- a/lib/logger.js
+++ b/lib/logger.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const util = require('util')
 
 const IS_PRODUCTION = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 
+const _isEmptyObject = o => Object.keys(o).length === 0
+
 const queryLogger = (req, _, next) => {
   let query = req.body?.query || (req.query.query && decodeURIComponent(req.query.query))
   // Only log requests that contain a query
@@ -25,13 +27,17 @@ const queryLogger = (req, _, next) => {
       // Ignore parsing errors, handled by GraphQL server
     }
   }
-  if (IS_PRODUCTION && variables) variables = '***'
+  if (IS_PRODUCTION && variables && !_isEmptyObject(variables)) variables = '***'
 
-  // Only add properties to object that aren't undefined
-  const queryInfo = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries({ operationName, variables }).filter(([, v]) => v))
+  // Only add properties to object that aren't undefined or empty
+  const queryInfo = {
+    ...(operationName && { operationName }),
+    ...(variables && !_isEmptyObject(variables) && { variables })
+  }
   // Only format queryInfo if it contains properties
-  const formattedQueryInfo =
-    Object.keys(queryInfo).length > 0 ? util.formatWithOptions({ colors: false, depth: null }, queryInfo) : undefined
+  const formattedQueryInfo = _isEmptyObject(queryInfo)
+    ? undefined
+    : util.formatWithOptions({ colors: false, depth: null }, queryInfo)
 
   // If query is multiline string, add newline padding to front
   let formattedQuery = query.includes('\n') ? `\n${query}` : query