Groom job fails after upgrade to 4.2.7

Product: PowerShell Universal
Version: 4.2.7

upgraded from 4.2.6 to 4.2.7 using LiteDB. now groom jobs fail with this error in the logs

2024-01-03 12:26:02.664 -05:00 [INF] Starting heartbeat job.
2024-01-03 12:26:02.668 -05:00 [INF] Script has 1 jobs to delete.
2024-01-03 12:26:02.730 -05:00 [INF] Finished heartbeat job.
2024-01-03 12:26:02.734 -05:00 [ERR] Failed to groom.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at lambda_method3033(Closure, Job)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereArrayIterator`1.MoveNext()
   at UniversalAutomation.LiteDBTable`1.DeleteRange(Func`2 query) in C:\actions-runner\_work\universal\universal\src\UniversalAutomation.LiteDBv5\LiteDBDatabase.cs:line 909
   at UniversalAutomation.GroomService.ScriptLevelGroom() in C:\actions-runner\_work\universal\universal\src\Universal.Server\Services\GroomService.cs:line 185
   at UniversalAutomation.GroomService.Groom() in C:\actions-runner\_work\universal\universal\src\Universal.Server\Services\GroomService.cs:line 297
2024-01-03 12:26:02.735 -05:00 [INF] Finished groom job.

I have another instance that is running on SQL that was upgraded from 4.2.5 and it is working correctly.