diff --git a/ntex-codec/Cargo.toml b/ntex-codec/Cargo.toml
index da4dea56..4131c905 100644
--- a/ntex-codec/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-codec/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "1.2.1"
-bytes = "0.5.4"
+bytes = "0.5.6"
 futures-core = "0.3.4"
 futures-sink = "0.3.4"
 tokio = { version = "0.2.6", default-features=false }
diff --git a/ntex-codec/src/bcodec.rs b/ntex-codec/src/bcodec.rs
index c71c0fa4..f216ecc4 100644
--- a/ntex-codec/src/bcodec.rs
+++ b/ntex-codec/src/bcodec.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use bytes::{BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut};
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut, Buf};
 use std::io;
 
 use super::{Decoder, Encoder};
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ impl Encoder for BytesCodec {
     type Item = Bytes;
     type Error = io::Error;
 
+    #[inline]
     fn encode(&mut self, item: Bytes, dst: &mut BytesMut) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
-        dst.reserve(item.len());
-        dst.put(item);
+        dst.extend_from_slice(item.bytes());
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/ntex/Cargo.toml b/ntex/Cargo.toml
index 34893a20..2cf11c6a 100644
--- a/ntex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ntex-macros = "0.1"
 actix-threadpool = "0.3.1"
 base64 = "0.12"
 bitflags = "1.2"
-bytes = "0.5.4"
+bytes = "0.5.6"
 bytestring = "0.1.5"
 derive_more = "0.99.5"
 either = "1.5.3"