diff --git a/arshal_default.go b/arshal_default.go
index 8af284b..3bc580b 100644
--- a/arshal_default.go
+++ b/arshal_default.go
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ func makeBytesArshaler(t reflect.Type, fncs *arshaler) *arshaler {
 			if err != nil {
 				return newUnmarshalErrorAfter(dec, t, err)
 			}
-			if len(val) != encodedLen(len(b)) {
+			if len(val) != encodedLen(len(b)) && !uo.Flags.Get(jsonflags.FormatBytesWithLegacySemantics) {
 				// TODO(https://go.dev/issue/53845): RFC 4648, section 3.3,
 				// specifies that non-alphabet characters must be rejected.
 				// Unfortunately, the "base32" and "base64" packages allow
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func makeBytesArshaler(t reflect.Type, fncs *arshaler) *arshaler {
 			if va.Kind() == reflect.Array {
 				dst := va.Bytes()
 				clear(dst[copy(dst, b):]) // noop if len(b) <= len(dst)
-				if len(b) != len(dst) {
+				if len(b) != len(dst) && !uo.Flags.Get(jsonflags.UnmarshalArrayFromAnyLength) {
 					err := fmt.Errorf("decoded length of %d mismatches array length of %d", len(b), len(dst))
 					return newUnmarshalErrorAfter(dec, t, err)
 				}
diff --git a/arshal_test.go b/arshal_test.go
index 0f67651..19e42bd 100644
--- a/arshal_test.go
+++ b/arshal_test.go
@@ -4856,12 +4856,24 @@ func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 		inVal:   new([2]byte),
 		want:    addr([2]byte{1, 0}),
 		wantErr: EU(errors.New("decoded length of 1 mismatches array length of 2")).withType('"', T[[2]byte]()),
+	}, {
+		name:  jsontest.Name("Bytes/ByteArray2/Underflow/Allowed"),
+		opts:  []Options{jsonflags.UnmarshalArrayFromAnyLength | 1},
+		inBuf: `"AQ=="`,
+		inVal: new([2]byte),
+		want:  addr([2]byte{1, 0}),
 	}, {
 		name:    jsontest.Name("Bytes/ByteArray2/Overflow"),
 		inBuf:   `"AQID"`,
 		inVal:   new([2]byte),
 		want:    addr([2]byte{1, 2}),
 		wantErr: EU(errors.New("decoded length of 3 mismatches array length of 2")).withType('"', T[[2]byte]()),
+	}, {
+		name:  jsontest.Name("Bytes/ByteArray2/Overflow/Allowed"),
+		opts:  []Options{jsonflags.UnmarshalArrayFromAnyLength | 1},
+		inBuf: `"AQID"`,
+		inVal: new([2]byte),
+		want:  addr([2]byte{1, 2}),
 	}, {
 		name:  jsontest.Name("Bytes/ByteArray3/Valid"),
 		inBuf: `"AQID"`,
@@ -6386,6 +6398,12 @@ func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 		inBuf:   `{"Base64": "aa=\r="}`,
 		inVal:   new(structFormatBytes),
 		wantErr: EU(errors.New("illegal character '\\r' at offset 3")).withPos(`{"Base64": `, "/Base64").withType('"', T[[]byte]()),
+	}, {
+		name:  jsontest.Name("Structs/Format/Bytes/Base64/NonAlphabet/Ignored"),
+		opts:  []Options{jsonflags.FormatBytesWithLegacySemantics | 1},
+		inBuf: `{"Base64": "aa=\r\n="}`,
+		inVal: new(structFormatBytes),
+		want:  &structFormatBytes{Base64: []byte{105}},
 	}, {
 		name:    jsontest.Name("Structs/Format/Bytes/Invalid/Base64/NonAlphabet/Space"),
 		inBuf:   `{"Base64": "aa= ="}`,
diff --git a/v1/options.go b/v1/options.go
index e554d03..23094ea 100644
--- a/v1/options.go
+++ b/v1/options.go
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ func EscapeInvalidUTF8(v bool) Options {
 //     In contrast, the v2 default is to report an error unmarshaling
 //     a JSON array when expecting some form of binary data encoding.
 //
+//   - When unmarshaling, '\r' and '\n' characters are ignored
+//     within the encoded "base32" and "base64" data.
+//     In contrast, the v2 default is to report an error in order to be
+//     strictly compliant with RFC 4648, section 3.3,
+//     which specifies that non-alphabet characters must be rejected.
+//
 // This affects either marshaling or unmarshaling.
 // The v1 default is true.
 func FormatBytesWithLegacySemantics(v bool) Options {