diff --git a/src/Core.jl b/src/Core.jl
index 7dc17425e..1f76db9f6 100644
--- a/src/Core.jl
+++ b/src/Core.jl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import .OperatorsModule:
     log2_nan,
     log10_nan,
     log1p_nan,
-    sqrt_abs,
+    sqrt_nan,
     acosh_nan,
     neg,
     greater,
diff --git a/src/Operators.jl b/src/Operators.jl
index 8f7ea89e2..4da4f8757 100644
--- a/src/Operators.jl
+++ b/src/Operators.jl
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ function acosh_nan(x::T)::T where {T<:Real}
     x < T(1) && return T(NaN)
     return acosh(x)
 end
+function sqrt_nan(x::T)::T where {T<:Real}
+    x < T(0) && return T(NaN)
+    return sqrt(x)
+end
 
 # Generics:
 square(x) = x * x
@@ -77,10 +81,8 @@ log2_nan(x) = log2(x)
 log10_nan(x) = log10(x)
 log1p_nan(x) = log1p(x)
 acosh_nan(x) = acosh(x)
+sqrt_nan(x) = sqrt(x)
 
-function sqrt_abs(x::T)::T where {T}
-    return sqrt(abs(x))
-end
 function neg(x::T)::T where {T}
     return -x
 end
diff --git a/src/Options.jl b/src/Options.jl
index 30e89ab10..1caeec59e 100644
--- a/src/Options.jl
+++ b/src/Options.jl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import ..OperatorsModule:
     log10_nan,
     log2_nan,
     log1p_nan,
-    sqrt_abs,
+    sqrt_nan,
     acosh_nan,
     atanh_clip
 import ..EquationModule: Node, string_tree
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function unaopmap(op)
     elseif op == log1p
         return log1p_nan
     elseif op == sqrt
-        return sqrt_abs
+        return sqrt_nan
     elseif op == acosh
         return acosh_nan
     elseif op == atanh
diff --git a/src/SymbolicRegression.jl b/src/SymbolicRegression.jl
index 11e8d5839..97e6ddbea 100644
--- a/src/SymbolicRegression.jl
+++ b/src/SymbolicRegression.jl
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export Population,
     log10_nan,
     log1p_nan,
     acosh_nan,
-    sqrt_abs,
+    sqrt_nan,
     neg,
     greater,
     relu,
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ import .CoreModule:
     log2_nan,
     log10_nan,
     log1p_nan,
-    sqrt_abs,
+    sqrt_nan,
     acosh_nan,
     neg,
     greater,
diff --git a/test/test_operators.jl b/test/test_operators.jl
index 0facd6243..a9ec7548a 100644
--- a/test/test_operators.jl
+++ b/test/test_operators.jl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using SymbolicRegression:
     log_nan,
     log2_nan,
     log10_nan,
-    sqrt_abs,
+    sqrt_nan,
     acosh_nan,
     neg,
     greater,
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ types_to_test = [Float16, Float32, Float64, BigFloat]
 for T in types_to_test
     val = T(0.5)
     val2 = T(3.2)
-    @test sqrt_abs(val) == sqrt_abs(-val)
     @test abs(log_nan(val) - log(val)) < 1e-6
     @test isnan(log_nan(-val))
     @test abs(log2_nan(val) - log2(val)) < 1e-6
@@ -36,7 +35,8 @@ for T in types_to_test
     @test abs(acosh_nan(val2) - acosh(val2)) < 1e-6
     @test isnan(acosh_nan(-val2))
     @test neg(-val) == val
-    @test sqrt_abs(val) == sqrt(val)
+    @test sqrt_nan(val) == sqrt(val)
+    @test isnan(sqrt_nan(-val))
     @test mult(val, val2) == val * val2
     @test plus(val, val2) == val + val2
     @test sub(val, val2) == val - val2
diff --git a/test/test_tree_construction.jl b/test/test_tree_construction.jl
index be26cc693..b00e370da 100644
--- a/test/test_tree_construction.jl
+++ b/test/test_tree_construction.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include("test_params.jl")
 x1 = 2.0
 
 # Initialize functions in Base....
-for unaop in [cos, exp, log_nan, log2_nan, log10_nan, relu, gamma, acosh_nan]
+for unaop in [cos, exp, log_nan, log2_nan, log10_nan, sqrt_nan, relu, gamma, acosh_nan]
     for binop in [sub]
         function make_options(; kw...)
             return Options(;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for unaop in [cos, exp, log_nan, log2_nan, log10_nan, relu, gamma, acosh_nan]
 
             Random.seed!(0)
             N = 100
-            if unaop in [log_nan, log2_nan, log10_nan, acosh_nan]
+            if unaop in [log_nan, log2_nan, log10_nan, acosh_nan, sqrt_nan]
                 X = T.(rand(MersenneTwister(0), 5, N) / 3)
             else
                 X = T.(randn(MersenneTwister(0), 5, N) / 3)