diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/commons/TokenNode.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/commons/TokenNode.scala
index 018313a2..ede41096 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/commons/TokenNode.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/commons/TokenNode.scala
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ object TokenNode {
     override val token: Token = NumberValueToken
   }
 
+  case class ByteValueNode(value: Byte) extends TokenNode {
+    override def token: Token = NumberValueToken
+  }
   case class ShortValueNode(value: Short) extends TokenNode {
     override val token: Token = NumberValueToken
   }
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ object TokenNode {
 
   def value(v: String): List[TokenNode] = StringValueNode(v) :: Nil
   def value(v: Boolean): List[TokenNode] = BooleanValueNode(v) :: Nil
+  def value(v: Byte): List[TokenNode] = ByteValueNode(v) :: Nil
   def value(v: Short): List[TokenNode] = ShortValueNode(v) :: Nil
   def value(v: Int): List[TokenNode] = IntValueNode(v) :: Nil
   def value(v: Long): List[TokenNode] = LongValueNode(v) :: Nil
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ object TokenNode {
     case v: TokenNode => v :: Nil
     case nodes: List[_] => nodes.flatMap(anyToTokens)
     case v: String => value(v)
+    case v: Byte => value(v)
     case v: Short => value(v)
     case v: Int => value(v)
     case v: Long => value(v)
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ object TokenNode {
           else if (token.isFieldName) FieldNameNode(iterator.fieldName())
           else if (token.isStringValue) StringValueNode(iterator.string())
           else if (token.isNumberValue) iterator.number() match {
+            case v: java.lang.Byte => ByteValueNode(v)
             case v: java.lang.Short => ShortValueNode(v)
             case v: java.lang.Integer => IntValueNode(v)
             case v: java.lang.Long => LongValueNode(v)
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/package.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/package.scala
index c525c981..86084882 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/package.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/package.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import scala.Specializable.Group
 
 package object tethys {
 
-  final val specializations = new Group((Short, Int, Long, Float, Double, Boolean))
+  final val specializations = new Group((Byte, Short, Int, Long, Float, Double, Boolean))
 
   // given
 
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/AllJsonReaders.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/AllJsonReaders.scala
index 4b15604d..873c2e30 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/AllJsonReaders.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/AllJsonReaders.scala
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ trait AllJsonReaders extends OptionReaders {
     }
   }
 
+  implicit lazy val byteReader: JsonReader[Byte] = new JsonReader[Byte] {
+    override def read(it: TokenIterator)(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Byte = {
+      if(it.currentToken().isNumberValue) {
+        val res = it.byte()
+        it.next()
+        res
+      } else {
+        ReaderError.wrongJson(s"Expected byte value but found: ${it.currentToken()}")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   implicit lazy val shortReader: JsonReader[Short] = new JsonReader[Short] {
     override def read(it: TokenIterator)(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Short = {
       if(it.currentToken().isNumberValue) {
@@ -112,6 +124,7 @@ trait AllJsonReaders extends OptionReaders {
     case bi: BigInt => BigDecimal(bi)
     case jbd: java.math.BigDecimal => BigDecimal(jbd)
     case jint: java.lang.Integer => BigDecimal(jint)
+    case jbyte: java.lang.Byte => BigDecimal(jbyte.longValue())
     case jshort: java.lang.Short => BigDecimal(jshort.longValue())
     case jlong: java.lang.Long => BigDecimal(jlong)
     case jbi: java.math.BigInteger => BigDecimal(jbi)
@@ -126,6 +139,7 @@ trait AllJsonReaders extends OptionReaders {
     case bd: BigDecimal => bd.toBigInt
     case jbd: java.math.BigDecimal => jbd.toBigInteger
     case jint: java.lang.Integer => BigInt(jint)
+    case jbyte: java.lang.Byte => BigInt(jbyte.longValue())
     case jshort: java.lang.Short => BigInt(jshort.longValue())
     case jlong: java.lang.Long => BigInt(jlong)
     case num => BigInt(num.longValue())
@@ -133,6 +147,7 @@ trait AllJsonReaders extends OptionReaders {
 
 
   implicit lazy val javaBooleanReader: JsonReader[java.lang.Boolean] = booleanReader.map(a => a)
+  implicit lazy val javaByteReader: JsonReader[java.lang.Byte] = byteReader.map(a => a)
   implicit lazy val javaShortReader: JsonReader[java.lang.Short] = shortReader.map(a => a)
   implicit lazy val javaIntReader: JsonReader[java.lang.Integer] = intReader.map(a => a)
   implicit lazy val javaLongReader: JsonReader[java.lang.Long] = longReader.map(a => a)
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/IterableReaders.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/IterableReaders.scala
index e237819c..bedc0761 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/IterableReaders.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/IterableReaders.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ import scala.language.higherKinds
 
 private[tethys] trait IterableReaders extends LowPriorityIterableReaders {
 
+  implicit def byteIterableReader[C[X] <: Iterable[X]](implicit
+                                                        cb: CollectionBuilder[Byte, C[Byte]]): JsonReader[C[Byte]] = new TraversableReader[Byte, C] {
+    override protected def appendBuilder(it: TokenIterator, builder: mutable.Builder[Byte, C[Byte]])(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Unit = {
+      builder += PrimitiveReaders.ByteJsonReader.read(it)
+    }
+  }
+
   implicit def shortIterableReader[C[X] <: Iterable[X]](implicit
                                                            cb: CollectionBuilder[Short, C[Short]]): JsonReader[C[Short]] = new TraversableReader[Short, C] {
     override protected def appendBuilder(it: TokenIterator, builder: mutable.Builder[Short, C[Short]])(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Unit = {
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/MapReaders.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/MapReaders.scala
index 6cd964c0..c04ea438 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/MapReaders.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/MapReaders.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ import scala.collection.mutable
 import scala.language.higherKinds
 
 private[tethys] trait MapReaders extends LowPriorityMapReaders {
+  implicit def byteMapReader[K, M[X, Y] <: scala.collection.Map[X, Y]](implicit
+                                                                        keyReader: KeyReader[K],
+                                                                        cb: CollectionBuilder[(K, Byte), M[K, Byte]]
+                                                                       ): JsonReader[M[K, Byte]] = {
+    new MapReader[K, Byte, M] {
+      override protected def appendBuilder(it: TokenIterator, builder: mutable.Builder[(K, Byte), M[K, Byte]], key: K)(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Unit = {
+        builder += key -> PrimitiveReaders.ByteJsonReader.read(it)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   implicit def shortMapReader[K, M[X, Y] <: scala.collection.Map[X, Y]](implicit
                                                                         keyReader: KeyReader[K],
                                                                         cb: CollectionBuilder[(K, Short), M[K, Short]]
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/OptionReaders.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/OptionReaders.scala
index c36607b5..b8d003eb 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/OptionReaders.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/OptionReaders.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import tethys.readers.FieldName
 import tethys.readers.tokens.TokenIterator
 
 private[tethys] trait OptionReaders extends LowPriorityOptionReaders {
+  implicit lazy val byteOptionReader: JsonReader[Option[Byte]] = new OptionJsonReader[Byte] {
+    override protected def readSomeValue(it: TokenIterator)(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Option[Byte] = {
+      Some(PrimitiveReaders.ByteJsonReader.read(it))
+    }
+  }
+
   implicit lazy val shortOptionReader: JsonReader[Option[Short]] = new OptionJsonReader[Short] {
     override protected def readSomeValue(it: TokenIterator)(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Option[Short] = {
       Some(PrimitiveReaders.ShortJsonReader.read(it))
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/PrimitiveReaders.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/PrimitiveReaders.scala
index c5477afc..660032d5 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/PrimitiveReaders.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/instances/PrimitiveReaders.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ import tethys.readers.tokens.TokenIterator
 import tethys.readers.{FieldName, ReaderError}
 
 object PrimitiveReaders {
+  object ByteJsonReader {
+    def read(it: TokenIterator)(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Byte = {
+      if(it.currentToken().isNumberValue) {
+        val res = it.byte()
+        it.nextToken()
+        res
+      } else {
+        ReaderError.wrongJson(s"Expected byte value but found: ${it.currentToken()}")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   object ShortJsonReader {
     def read(it: TokenIterator)(implicit fieldName: FieldName): Short = {
       if(it.currentToken().isNumberValue) {
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/BaseTokenIterator.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/BaseTokenIterator.scala
index c4731d9a..c013cccf 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/BaseTokenIterator.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/BaseTokenIterator.scala
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ trait BaseTokenIterator extends TokenIterator {
     else if(token.isFieldName) FieldNameNode(fieldName()) -> 0
     else if(token.isStringValue) StringValueNode(string()) -> 0
     else if(token.isNumberValue) number() match {
+      case v: java.lang.Byte => ByteValueNode(v) -> 0
       case v: java.lang.Short => ShortValueNode(v) -> 0
       case v: java.lang.Integer => IntValueNode(v) -> 0
       case v: java.lang.Long => LongValueNode(v) -> 0
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/QueueIterator.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/QueueIterator.scala
index 72157ad0..922bfbf4 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/QueueIterator.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/QueueIterator.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class QueueIterator(private var nodes: immutable.Queue[TokenNode]) extends BaseT
 
   override def number(): Number = nodes.front match {
     case NumberValueNode(value) => value
+    case ByteValueNode(value) => value
     case ShortValueNode(value) => value
     case IntValueNode(value) => value
     case LongValueNode(value) => value
@@ -46,9 +47,21 @@ class QueueIterator(private var nodes: immutable.Queue[TokenNode]) extends BaseT
     case node => fail[NumberValueNode](node)
   }
 
+  override def byte(): Byte = nodes.front match {
+    case ByteValueNode(value) => value
+    case NumberValueNode(value) => value.byteValue()
+    case ShortValueNode(value) => value.toByte
+    case IntValueNode(value) => value.toByte
+    case LongValueNode(value) => value.toByte
+    case FloatValueNode(value) => value.toByte
+    case DoubleValueNode(value) => value.toByte
+    case node => fail[ByteValueNode](node)
+  }
+
   override def short(): Short = nodes.front match {
     case ShortValueNode(value) => value
     case NumberValueNode(value) => value.shortValue()
+    case ByteValueNode(value) => value.toShort
     case IntValueNode(value) => value.toShort
     case LongValueNode(value) => value.toShort
     case FloatValueNode(value) => value.toShort
@@ -59,6 +72,7 @@ class QueueIterator(private var nodes: immutable.Queue[TokenNode]) extends BaseT
   override def int(): Int = nodes.front match {
     case IntValueNode(value) => value
     case NumberValueNode(value) => value.intValue()
+    case ByteValueNode(value) => value.toInt
     case ShortValueNode(value) => value.toInt
     case LongValueNode(value) => value.toInt
     case FloatValueNode(value) => value.toInt
@@ -69,6 +83,7 @@ class QueueIterator(private var nodes: immutable.Queue[TokenNode]) extends BaseT
   override def long(): Long = nodes.front match {
     case LongValueNode(value) => value
     case NumberValueNode(value) => value.longValue()
+    case ByteValueNode(value) => value.toLong
     case ShortValueNode(value) => value.toLong
     case IntValueNode(value) => value.toLong
     case FloatValueNode(value) => value.toLong
@@ -79,6 +94,7 @@ class QueueIterator(private var nodes: immutable.Queue[TokenNode]) extends BaseT
   override def float(): Float = nodes.front match {
     case FloatValueNode(value) => value
     case NumberValueNode(value) => value.floatValue()
+    case ByteValueNode(value) => value.toFloat
     case ShortValueNode(value) => value.toFloat
     case IntValueNode(value) => value.toFloat
     case LongValueNode(value) => value.toFloat
@@ -89,6 +105,7 @@ class QueueIterator(private var nodes: immutable.Queue[TokenNode]) extends BaseT
   override def double(): Double = nodes.front match {
     case DoubleValueNode(value) => value
     case NumberValueNode(value) => value.doubleValue()
+    case ByteValueNode(value) => value.toDouble
     case ShortValueNode(value) => value.toDouble
     case IntValueNode(value) => value.toDouble
     case LongValueNode(value) => value.toDouble
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/TokenIterator.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/TokenIterator.scala
index 746a1dc7..6c7448ce 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/TokenIterator.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/readers/tokens/TokenIterator.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ trait TokenIterator {
 
   def number(): Number
 
+  def byte(): Byte
+
   def short(): Short
 
   def int(): Int
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/instances/AllJsonWriters.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/instances/AllJsonWriters.scala
index 5ff10408..11211d45 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/instances/AllJsonWriters.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/instances/AllJsonWriters.scala
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ trait AllJsonWriters extends OptionWriters with EitherWriters {
     override def write(value: Long, tokenWriter: TokenWriter): Unit = tokenWriter.writeNumber(value)
   }
 
+  implicit lazy val byteWriter: JsonWriter[Byte] = new JsonWriter[Byte] {
+    override def write(value: Byte, tokenWriter: TokenWriter): Unit = tokenWriter.writeNumber(value)
+  }
+
   implicit lazy val shortWriter: JsonWriter[Short] = new JsonWriter[Short] {
     override def write(value: Short, tokenWriter: TokenWriter): Unit = tokenWriter.writeNumber(value)
   }
@@ -52,6 +56,10 @@ trait AllJsonWriters extends OptionWriters with EitherWriters {
     override def write(value: java.lang.Long, tokenWriter: TokenWriter): Unit = tokenWriter.writeNumber(value)
   }
 
+  implicit lazy val javaByteWriter: JsonWriter[java.lang.Byte] = new JsonWriter[java.lang.Byte] {
+    override def write(value: java.lang.Byte, tokenWriter: TokenWriter): Unit = tokenWriter.writeNumber(value)
+  }
+
   implicit lazy val javaShortWriter: JsonWriter[java.lang.Short] = new JsonWriter[java.lang.Short] {
     override def write(value: java.lang.Short, tokenWriter: TokenWriter): Unit = tokenWriter.writeNumber(value)
   }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/tokens/SimpleTokenWriter.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/tokens/SimpleTokenWriter.scala
index c3827e16..c70b3142 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/tokens/SimpleTokenWriter.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/tokens/SimpleTokenWriter.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class SimpleTokenWriter extends TokenWriter {
 
   override def writeString(v: String): SimpleTokenWriter.this.type = append(StringValueNode(v))
 
+  override def writeNumber(v: Byte): SimpleTokenWriter.this.type = append(ByteValueNode(v))
+
   override def writeNumber(v: Short): SimpleTokenWriter.this.type = append(ShortValueNode(v))
 
   override def writeNumber(v: Int): SimpleTokenWriter.this.type = append(IntValueNode(v))
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/tokens/TokenWriter.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/tokens/TokenWriter.scala
index 834a109c..c8b09755 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/tokens/TokenWriter.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/tethys/writers/tokens/TokenWriter.scala
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ trait TokenWriter {
 
   def writeString(v: String): this.type
 
+  def writeNumber(v: Byte): this.type
+
   def writeNumber(v: Short): this.type
 
   def writeNumber(v: Int): this.type
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ trait TokenWriter {
   def writeRawNumber(n: Number): this.type = n match {
     case jbd: java.math.BigDecimal => writeNumber(BigDecimal(jbd))
     case jint: java.lang.Integer => writeNumber(jint.intValue())
+    case jbyte: java.lang.Byte => writeNumber(jbyte.longValue())
     case jshort: java.lang.Short => writeNumber(jshort.longValue())
     case jlong: java.lang.Long => writeNumber(jlong.longValue())
     case jbi: java.math.BigInteger => writeNumber(BigInt(jbi))
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/tethys/readers/DefaultReadersTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/tethys/readers/DefaultReadersTest.scala
index 48226e48..4f37c94d 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/tethys/readers/DefaultReadersTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/tethys/readers/DefaultReadersTest.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class DefaultReadersTest extends AnyFlatSpec {
     test("1") -> value("1"),
     test('1') -> value("1"),
     test(1) -> value(1),
+    test(1: Byte) -> value(1: Byte),
     test(1: Short) -> value(1: Short),
     test(1L) -> value(1L),
     test(1f) -> value(1f),
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class DefaultReadersTest extends AnyFlatSpec {
     test(Option(1), "Option.nonEmpty") -> value(1),
     test(Option.empty[Int], "Option.empty") -> List(NullValueNode) ,
     test(1: java.lang.Integer) -> value(1),
+    test(java.lang.Byte.valueOf(1: Byte)) -> value(1: Byte),
     test(java.lang.Short.valueOf(1: Short)) -> value(1: Short),
     test(1L: java.lang.Long) -> value(1L),
     test(1f: java.lang.Float) -> value(1f),
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/tethys/writers/DefaultWritersTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/tethys/writers/DefaultWritersTest.scala
index 577f8112..392ee0e3 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/tethys/writers/DefaultWritersTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/tethys/writers/DefaultWritersTest.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class DefaultWritersTest extends AnyFlatSpec {
     test("1") -> value("1"),
     test('1') -> value("1"),
     test(1) -> value(1),
+    test(1: Byte) -> value(1: Byte),
     test(1: Short) -> value(1: Short),
     test(1L) -> value(1L),
     test(1f) -> value(1f),
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class DefaultWritersTest extends AnyFlatSpec {
     test(Right(1): Either[String, Int], "Either.right") -> value(1),
     test(Left("Not an Int"): Either[String, Int], "Either.left") -> value("Not an Int"),
     test(1: java.lang.Integer) -> value(1),
+    test(java.lang.Byte.valueOf(1: Byte)) -> value(1: Byte),
     test(java.lang.Short.valueOf(1: Short)) -> value(1: Short),
     test(1L: java.lang.Long) -> value(1L),
     test(1f: java.lang.Float) -> value(1f),
diff --git a/modules/jackson-backend/src/main/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenIterator.scala b/modules/jackson-backend/src/main/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenIterator.scala
index 7a0ed4fc..6833f17d 100644
--- a/modules/jackson-backend/src/main/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenIterator.scala
+++ b/modules/jackson-backend/src/main/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenIterator.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ final class JacksonTokenIterator(jsonParser: JsonParser) extends BaseTokenIterat
 
   override def number(): Number = jsonParser.getNumberValue
 
+  override def byte(): Byte = jsonParser.getByteValue
+
   override def short(): Short = jsonParser.getShortValue
 
   override def int(): Int = jsonParser.getIntValue
diff --git a/modules/jackson-backend/src/main/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenWriter.scala b/modules/jackson-backend/src/main/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenWriter.scala
index 0102b094..53497f7f 100644
--- a/modules/jackson-backend/src/main/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenWriter.scala
+++ b/modules/jackson-backend/src/main/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenWriter.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ class JacksonTokenWriter(jsonGenerator: JsonGenerator) extends TokenWriter {
     this
   }
 
+  override def writeNumber(v: Byte): JacksonTokenWriter.this.type = {
+    jsonGenerator.writeNumber(v)
+    this
+  }
+
   override def writeNumber(v: Short): JacksonTokenWriter.this.type = {
     jsonGenerator.writeNumber(v)
     this
diff --git a/modules/jackson-backend/src/test/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenWriterTest.scala b/modules/jackson-backend/src/test/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenWriterTest.scala
index e8805401..cf51f79a 100644
--- a/modules/jackson-backend/src/test/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenWriterTest.scala
+++ b/modules/jackson-backend/src/test/scala/tethys/jackson/JacksonTokenWriterTest.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ class JacksonTokenWriterTest extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
     iterate(_.writeString("string")) shouldBe """"string""""
   }
 
+  it should "write Byte value" in {
+    iterate(_.writeNumber(1: Byte)) shouldBe """1"""
+  }
+
   it should "write Short value" in {
     iterate(_.writeNumber(1: Short)) shouldBe """1"""
   }