diff --git a/crates/filemeta/Cargo.toml b/crates/filemeta/Cargo.toml
index 7f92441e..6f5e581a 100644
--- a/crates/filemeta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/filemeta/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ time.workspace = true
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4", "fast-rng", "serde"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["io-util", "macros", "sync"] }
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.15", features = ["xxh64"] }
-
+bytes.workspace = true
 rustfs-utils = {workspace = true, features= ["hash"]}
 byteorder = "1.5.0"
 tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/filemeta/src/fileinfo.rs b/crates/filemeta/src/fileinfo.rs
index 1ae3c5af..b9d75496 100644
--- a/crates/filemeta/src/fileinfo.rs
+++ b/crates/filemeta/src/fileinfo.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::headers::RESERVED_METADATA_PREFIX_LOWER;
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use rmp_serde::Serializer;
 use rustfs_utils::HashAlgorithm;
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ pub struct ObjectPartInfo {
 pub struct ChecksumInfo {
     pub part_number: usize,
     pub algorithm: HashAlgorithm,
-    pub hash: Vec<u8>,
+    pub hash: Bytes,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Default, Clone)]
diff --git a/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs b/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
index 8d83006c..25870964 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ impl LocalDisk {
         let meta = file.metadata().await.map_err(to_file_error)?;
         let file_size = meta.len() as usize;
 
-        bitrot_verify(Box::new(file), file_size, part_size, algo, sum.to_vec(), shard_size)
+        bitrot_verify(Box::new(file), file_size, part_size, algo, bytes::Bytes::copy_from_slice(sum), shard_size)
             .await
             .map_err(to_file_error)?;
 
diff --git a/ecstore/src/erasure_coding/bitrot.rs b/ecstore/src/erasure_coding/bitrot.rs
index 367bf207..63421d7b 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/erasure_coding/bitrot.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/erasure_coding/bitrot.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use pin_project_lite::pin_project;
 use rustfs_utils::{HashAlgorithm, read_full, write_all};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWrite};
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ pub async fn bitrot_verify<R: AsyncRead + Unpin + Send>(
     want_size: usize,
     part_size: usize,
     algo: HashAlgorithm,
-    _want: Vec<u8>,
+    _want: Bytes, // FIXME: useless parameter?
     mut shard_size: usize,
 ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let mut hash_buf = vec![0; algo.size()];