diff --git a/edgedb-protocol/src/serialization/decode/queryable/scalars.rs b/edgedb-protocol/src/serialization/decode/queryable/scalars.rs
index 08367141..56ecfb82 100644
--- a/edgedb-protocol/src/serialization/decode/queryable/scalars.rs
+++ b/edgedb-protocol/src/serialization/decode/queryable/scalars.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use bytes::Bytes;
+
 use crate::queryable::DescriptorMismatch;
 use crate::queryable::{Decoder, DescriptorContext, Queryable};
 
@@ -56,6 +58,15 @@ impl DecodeScalar for String {
     }
 }
 
+impl DecodeScalar for Bytes {
+    fn uuid() -> Uuid {
+        codec::STD_BYTES
+    }
+    fn typename() -> &'static str {
+        "std::bytes"
+    }
+}
+
 impl DecodeScalar for Json {
     fn uuid() -> Uuid {
         codec::STD_JSON
diff --git a/edgedb-protocol/src/value.rs b/edgedb-protocol/src/value.rs
index 27532414..2708f152 100644
--- a/edgedb-protocol/src/value.rs
+++ b/edgedb-protocol/src/value.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /*!
 Contains the [Value] enum.
 */
-use bytes::Bytes;
-
 pub use crate::codec::EnumValue;
 use crate::codec::{NamedTupleShape, ObjectShape, ShapeElement};
 use crate::common::Cardinality;
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ pub enum Value {
     Nothing,
     Uuid(Uuid),
     Str(String),
-    Bytes(Bytes),
+    Bytes(bytes::Bytes),
     Int16(i16),
     Int32(i32),
     Int64(i64),
diff --git a/edgedb-tokio/tests/func/client.rs b/edgedb-tokio/tests/func/client.rs
index 62196a94..d75a3561 100644
--- a/edgedb-tokio/tests/func/client.rs
+++ b/edgedb-tokio/tests/func/client.rs
@@ -217,3 +217,22 @@ async fn big_num() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn bytes() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let client = Client::new(&SERVER.config);
+    client.ensure_connected().await?;
+
+    #[derive(Queryable)]
+    struct MyResult {
+        data: bytes::Bytes,
+    }
+
+    let res = client
+        .query_required_single::<MyResult, _>("select { data := b'101' } limit 1", &())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(res.data, b"101"[..]);
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f28f5f8c..ad242959 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             buildInputs = [
               (fenix_pkgs.fromToolchainFile {
                 file = ./rust-toolchain.toml;
-                sha256 = "sha256-6eN/GKzjVSjEhGO9FhWObkRFaE1Jf+uqMSdQnb8lcB4=";
+                sha256 = "sha256-3jVIIf5XPnUU1CRaTyAiO0XHVbJl12MSx3eucTXCjtE=";
               })
             ] ++ common;
           };