diff --git a/types/pino/index.d.ts b/types/pino/index.d.ts
index 27d0f51fc6..42d7a4d1f6 100644
--- a/types/pino/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/pino/index.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-// Type definitions for pino 4.16
+// Type definitions for pino 5.20
 // Project: https://github.com/pinojs/pino.git
 // Definitions by: Peter Snider <https://github.com/psnider>
 //                 BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
 //                 Christian Rackerseder <https://github.com/screendriver>
+//                 GP <https://github.com/paambaati>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
@@ -145,6 +146,10 @@ declare namespace P {
          * requires supplying a level value via `levelVal`. Default: 'info'.
          */
         level?: LevelWithSilent | string;
+        /**
+         * Outputs the level as a string instead of integer. Default: `false`.
+         */
+        useLevelLabels?: boolean;
         /**
          * When defining a custom log level via level, set to an integer value to define the new level. Default: `undefined`.
          */
@@ -268,6 +273,10 @@ declare namespace P {
          * You can pass `'silent'` to disable logging.
          */
         level: LevelWithSilent | string;
+        /**
+         * Outputs the level as a string instead of integer.
+         */
+        useLevelLabels: boolean;
         /**
          * Returns the integer value for the logger instance's logging level.
          */
diff --git a/types/pino/pino-tests.ts b/types/pino/pino-tests.ts
index 6959a6cd97..356f84da30 100644
--- a/types/pino/pino-tests.ts
+++ b/types/pino/pino-tests.ts
@@ -96,3 +96,7 @@ pino.levels.labels[50] === 'error';
 
 const logstderr: pino.Logger = pino(process.stderr);
 logstderr.error('on stderr instead of stdout');
+
+log.useLevelLabels = true;
+log.info('lol');
+log.level === 'info';