diff --git a/ntex-http/CHANGES.md b/ntex-http/CHANGES.md
index c263338c..db6dfa95 100644
--- a/ntex-http/CHANGES.md
+++ b/ntex-http/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [0.1.9] - 2022-12-09
+
+* Add helper method HeaderValue::as_shared()
+
 ## [0.1.8] - 2022-11-30
 
 * Convert from HeaderValue into http::header::HeaderValue
diff --git a/ntex-http/Cargo.toml b/ntex-http/Cargo.toml
index ec260f09..88e2d450 100644
--- a/ntex-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ntex-http"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 authors = ["ntex contributors <team@ntex.rs>"]
 description = "Http types for ntex framework"
 keywords = ["network", "framework", "async", "futures"]
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ http = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 fxhash = "0.2.1"
 itoa = "1.0.4"
-ntex-bytes = "0.1.15"
+ntex-bytes = "0.1.17"
diff --git a/ntex-http/src/value.rs b/ntex-http/src/value.rs
index f39e6592..41094a9b 100644
--- a/ntex-http/src/value.rs
+++ b/ntex-http/src/value.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,21 @@ impl HeaderValue {
         self.as_ref()
     }
 
+    /// Converts a `HeaderValue` to a bytes object.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use ntex_http::header::HeaderValue;
+    /// # use ntex_bytes::Bytes;
+    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_static("hello");
+    /// assert_eq!(val.as_shared(), &Bytes::from_static(b"hello"));
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn as_shared(&self) -> &Bytes {
+        &self.inner
+    }
+
     /// Mark that the header value represents sensitive information.
     ///
     /// # Examples
@@ -746,6 +761,7 @@ mod tests {
         let hdr = http::header::HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"upgrade").unwrap();
         let hdr2 = HeaderValue::from(&hdr);
         assert_eq!(hdr2.as_bytes(), b"upgrade");
+        assert_eq!(hdr2.as_shared(), &Bytes::from_static(b"upgrade"));
         let hdr2 = HeaderValue::from(hdr);
         assert_eq!(hdr2.as_bytes(), b"upgrade");
 
diff --git a/ntex/Cargo.toml b/ntex/Cargo.toml
index 7ec2c66e..e883fb60 100644
--- a/ntex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ async-std = ["ntex-rt/async-std", "ntex-async-std", "ntex-connect/async-std"]
 [dependencies]
 ntex-codec = "0.6.2"
 ntex-connect = "0.1.1"
-ntex-http = "0.1.8"
+ntex-http = "0.1.9"
 ntex-router = "0.5.1"
 ntex-service = "0.3.2"
 ntex-macros = "0.1.3"