diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a6b4b8985f98..e3d1c0bfc4c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -503,9 +503,9 @@ checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dfb24e866b15a1af2a1b663f10c6b6b8f397a84aadb828f12e5b289ec23a3a3c"
+checksum = "89b2fd2a0dcf38d7971e2194b6b6eebab45ae01067456a7fd93d5547a61b70be"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -4166,7 +4166,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-discv4"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
  "discv5",
  "enr 0.7.0",
  "generic-array 0.14.6",
@@ -4191,7 +4190,6 @@ name = "reth-dns-discovery"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "bytes",
  "data-encoding",
  "enr 0.7.0",
  "linked_hash_set",
@@ -4216,7 +4214,6 @@ name = "reth-downloaders"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
- "bytes",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
@@ -4245,7 +4242,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "aes 0.8.2",
  "block-padding 0.3.2",
  "byteorder",
- "bytes",
  "cipher 0.4.3",
  "ctr 0.9.2",
  "digest 0.10.6",
@@ -4278,7 +4274,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "ethers-core",
  "futures",
- "hex",
  "hex-literal",
  "metrics",
  "pin-project",
@@ -4332,7 +4327,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
  "async-trait",
  "auto_impl 1.0.1",
- "bytes",
  "futures",
  "hex-literal",
  "modular-bitfield",
@@ -4451,7 +4445,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "aquamarine",
  "async-trait",
  "auto_impl 1.0.1",
- "bytes",
  "enr 0.7.0",
  "ethers-core",
  "ethers-middleware",
@@ -4672,7 +4665,6 @@ name = "reth-rpc-engine-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
- "bytes",
  "futures",
  "reth-executor",
  "reth-interfaces",
@@ -4690,7 +4682,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-rpc-types"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
  "jsonrpsee-types",
  "lru 0.9.0",
  "reth-network-api",
diff --git a/crates/interfaces/Cargo.toml b/crates/interfaces/Cargo.toml
index 6ca15c44e093..aeb1b909c5fd 100644
--- a/crates/interfaces/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/interfaces/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ async-trait = "0.1.57"
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 auto_impl = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["sync"] }
-bytes = "1.2"
 
 # TODO(onbjerg): We only need this for [BlockBody]
 reth-eth-wire = { path = "../net/eth-wire" }
diff --git a/crates/net/discv4/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/discv4/Cargo.toml
index 4daa3bc181db..a2b9f30c8a41 100644
--- a/crates/net/discv4/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/discv4/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["io-util", "net", "time"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
 
 # misc
-bytes = "1.2"
 tracing = "0.1"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 hex = "0.4"
diff --git a/crates/net/discv4/src/config.rs b/crates/net/discv4/src/config.rs
index 06dc379f9943..0a8c14cbc542 100644
--- a/crates/net/discv4/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/net/discv4/src/config.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 //! This basis of this file has been taken from the discv5 codebase:
 //! <https://github.com/sigp/discv5>
 
-use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use reth_net_common::ban_list::BanList;
 use reth_net_nat::{NatResolver, ResolveNatInterval};
-use reth_primitives::NodeRecord;
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut},
+    NodeRecord,
+};
 use reth_rlp::Encodable;
 use std::{
     collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
diff --git a/crates/net/discv4/src/lib.rs b/crates/net/discv4/src/lib.rs
index 2a0dc7eb6f99..9e6e7187bf9c 100644
--- a/crates/net/discv4/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/net/discv4/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use crate::{
     error::{DecodePacketError, Discv4Error},
     proto::{FindNode, Message, Neighbours, Packet, Ping, Pong},
 };
-use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use discv5::{
     kbucket,
     kbucket::{
@@ -32,7 +31,10 @@ use discv5::{
 };
 use enr::{Enr, EnrBuilder};
 use proto::{EnrRequest, EnrResponse};
-use reth_primitives::{ForkId, PeerId, H256};
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut},
+    ForkId, PeerId, H256,
+};
 use secp256k1::SecretKey;
 use std::{
     cell::RefCell,
diff --git a/crates/net/discv4/src/proto.rs b/crates/net/discv4/src/proto.rs
index 935174341622..e4e8f28594a9 100644
--- a/crates/net/discv4/src/proto.rs
+++ b/crates/net/discv4/src/proto.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
 
 use crate::{error::DecodePacketError, PeerId, MAX_PACKET_SIZE, MIN_PACKET_SIZE};
-use bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut};
 use enr::Enr;
-use reth_primitives::{keccak256, ForkId, NodeRecord, H256};
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut},
+    keccak256, ForkId, NodeRecord, H256,
+};
 use reth_rlp::{Decodable, DecodeError, Encodable, Header};
 use reth_rlp_derive::{RlpDecodable, RlpEncodable};
 use secp256k1::{
@@ -420,7 +422,6 @@ mod tests {
         test_utils::{rng_endpoint, rng_ipv4_record, rng_ipv6_record, rng_message},
         SAFE_MAX_DATAGRAM_NEIGHBOUR_RECORDS,
     };
-    use bytes::BytesMut;
     use rand::{thread_rng, Rng, RngCore};
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/net/dns/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/dns/Cargo.toml
index 2c125d7b0056..80bea744cb59 100644
--- a/crates/net/dns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/dns/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ trust-dns-resolver = "0.22"
 # misc
 data-encoding = "2"
 async-trait = "0.1"
-bytes = "1.2"
 linked_hash_set = "0.1"
 lru = "0.9"
 thiserror = "1.0"
diff --git a/crates/net/dns/src/tree.rs b/crates/net/dns/src/tree.rs
index dae92468856e..6f42af14679b 100644
--- a/crates/net/dns/src/tree.rs
+++ b/crates/net/dns/src/tree.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ use crate::error::{
     ParseDnsEntryError::{FieldNotFound, UnknownEntry},
     ParseEntryResult,
 };
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use data_encoding::{BASE32_NOPAD, BASE64URL_NOPAD};
 use enr::{Enr, EnrError, EnrKey, EnrKeyUnambiguous, EnrPublicKey};
-use reth_primitives::hex;
+use reth_primitives::{bytes::Bytes, hex};
 use secp256k1::SecretKey;
 use std::{fmt, str::FromStr};
 
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
index be25c45c54cc..cb7d8fc2bce5 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ metrics = "0.20.1"
 thiserror = { version = "1", optional = true }
 reth-rlp = { path = "../../rlp", optional = true }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["codec"], optional = true }
-bytes = { version = "1", optional = true }
 tempfile = { version = "3.3", optional = true }
 itertools = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 
@@ -45,10 +44,9 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["codec"] }
 reth-rlp = { path = "../../rlp" }
 itertools = "0.10"
-bytes = "1"
 
 thiserror = "1"
 tempfile = "3.3"
 
 [features]
-test-utils = ["dep:reth-rlp", "dep:thiserror", "dep:tokio-util", "dep:tempfile", "dep:bytes", "dep:itertools"]
+test-utils = ["dep:reth-rlp", "dep:thiserror", "dep:tokio-util", "dep:tempfile", "dep:itertools"]
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/test_utils/file_codec.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/test_utils/file_codec.rs
index aecaa2662e24..98388be4ad76 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/test_utils/file_codec.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/test_utils/file_codec.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 //! Codec for reading raw block bodies from a file.
 use super::FileClientError;
-use bytes::{Buf, BytesMut};
-use reth_primitives::Block;
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{Buf, BytesMut},
+    Block,
+};
 use reth_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use tokio_util::codec::{Decoder, Encoder};
 
diff --git a/crates/net/ecies/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/ecies/Cargo.toml
index 3f558084a6f6..9c61f8eef36d 100644
--- a/crates/net/ecies/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/ecies/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ tracing = "0.1.37"
 generic-array = "0.14.6"
 typenum = "1.15.0"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
-bytes = "1.2.1"
 
 # crypto
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/crates/net/ecies/src/algorithm.rs b/crates/net/ecies/src/algorithm.rs
index 9502aec82c48..26f530ab820c 100644
--- a/crates/net/ecies/src/algorithm.rs
+++ b/crates/net/ecies/src/algorithm.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use aes::{cipher::StreamCipher, Aes128, Aes256};
 use byteorder::{BigEndian, ByteOrder, ReadBytesExt};
-use bytes::{BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut};
 use ctr::Ctr64BE;
 use digest::{crypto_common::KeyIvInit, Digest};
 use educe::Educe;
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
-use reth_primitives::{H128, H256, H512 as PeerId};
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut},
+    H128, H256, H512 as PeerId,
+};
 use reth_rlp::{Encodable, Rlp, RlpEncodable, RlpMaxEncodedLen};
 use secp256k1::{
     ecdsa::{RecoverableSignature, RecoveryId},
diff --git a/crates/net/ecies/src/codec.rs b/crates/net/ecies/src/codec.rs
index e8b56ff7c3f1..33f42b7d0217 100644
--- a/crates/net/ecies/src/codec.rs
+++ b/crates/net/ecies/src/codec.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{algorithm::ECIES, ECIESError, EgressECIESValue, IngressECIESValue};
-use bytes::BytesMut;
-use reth_primitives::H512 as PeerId;
+use reth_primitives::{bytes::BytesMut, H512 as PeerId};
 use secp256k1::SecretKey;
 use std::{fmt::Debug, io};
 use tokio_util::codec::{Decoder, Encoder};
diff --git a/crates/net/ecies/src/lib.rs b/crates/net/ecies/src/lib.rs
index 6f47f1ebe92a..87c9773fff0c 100644
--- a/crates/net/ecies/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/net/ecies/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ pub use error::ECIESError;
 
 mod codec;
 
-use reth_primitives::H512 as PeerId;
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut},
+    H512 as PeerId,
+};
 
 /// Raw egress values for an ECIES protocol
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ pub enum EgressECIESValue {
     /// The ACK message being sent out
     Ack,
     /// The message being sent out (wrapped bytes)
-    Message(bytes::Bytes),
+    Message(Bytes),
 }
 
 /// Raw ingress values for an ECIES protocol
@@ -38,5 +41,5 @@ pub enum IngressECIESValue {
     /// Receiving an ACK message
     Ack,
     /// Receiving a message
-    Message(bytes::BytesMut),
+    Message(BytesMut),
 }
diff --git a/crates/net/ecies/src/stream.rs b/crates/net/ecies/src/stream.rs
index dd9274b18a70..69b3fe9e906d 100644
--- a/crates/net/ecies/src/stream.rs
+++ b/crates/net/ecies/src/stream.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 use crate::{
     codec::ECIESCodec, error::ECIESErrorImpl, ECIESError, EgressECIESValue, IngressECIESValue,
 };
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::{ready, Sink, SinkExt};
 use reth_net_common::stream::HasRemoteAddr;
-use reth_primitives::H512 as PeerId;
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut},
+    H512 as PeerId,
+};
 use secp256k1::SecretKey;
 use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ impl<Io> Stream for ECIESStream<Io>
 where
     Io: AsyncRead + Unpin,
 {
-    type Item = Result<bytes::BytesMut, io::Error>;
+    type Item = Result<BytesMut, io::Error>;
 
     fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
         match ready!(self.project().stream.poll_next(cx)) {
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/eth-wire/Cargo.toml
index 5bd03e5f45df..264c3a449ce1 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = { version = "1.1" }
-hex = "0.4"
+bytes = "1.4"
 thiserror = "1"
 serde = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/capability.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/capability.rs
index b6733c83498b..cd2394aea1a4 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/capability.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/capability.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! All capability related types
 
 use crate::{version::ParseVersionError, EthMessage, EthVersion};
-use bytes::{BufMut, Bytes};
 use reth_codecs::add_arbitrary_tests;
+use reth_primitives::bytes::{BufMut, Bytes};
 use reth_rlp::{Decodable, DecodeError, Encodable, RlpDecodable, RlpEncodable};
 use smol_str::SmolStr;
 
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/disconnect.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/disconnect.rs
index 5dd39697f065..6ddf4367f974 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/disconnect.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/disconnect.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Disconnect
 
-use bytes::Buf;
 use reth_codecs::derive_arbitrary;
+use reth_primitives::bytes::{Buf, BufMut};
 use reth_rlp::{Decodable, DecodeError, Encodable, Header};
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl TryFrom<u8> for DisconnectReason {
 /// The [`Encodable`](reth_rlp::Encodable) implementation for [`DisconnectReason`] encodes the
 /// disconnect reason in a single-element RLP list.
 impl Encodable for DisconnectReason {
-    fn encode(&self, out: &mut dyn bytes::BufMut) {
+    fn encode(&self, out: &mut dyn BufMut) {
         vec![*self as u8].encode(out);
     }
     fn length(&self) -> usize {
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ impl Decodable for DisconnectReason {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::{p2pstream::P2PMessage, DisconnectReason};
+    use reth_primitives::hex;
     use reth_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable};
 
     fn all_reasons() -> Vec<DisconnectReason> {
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/ethstream.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/ethstream.rs
index 46c9ed693f43..c0f96ecc82b6 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/ethstream.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/ethstream.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ use crate::{
     message::{EthBroadcastMessage, ProtocolBroadcastMessage},
     types::{EthMessage, ProtocolMessage, Status},
 };
-use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures::{ready, Sink, SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use pin_project::pin_project;
-use reth_primitives::ForkFilter;
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut},
+    ForkFilter,
+};
 use reth_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use std::{
     pin::Pin,
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/p2pstream.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/p2pstream.rs
index 1e73d464b8c7..6b5adc695e71 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/p2pstream.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/p2pstream.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ use crate::{
     pinger::{Pinger, PingerEvent},
     DisconnectReason, HelloMessage,
 };
-use bytes::{Buf, Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures::{Sink, SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use metrics::counter;
 use pin_project::pin_project;
 use reth_codecs::derive_arbitrary;
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut},
+    hex,
+};
 use reth_rlp::{Decodable, DecodeError, Encodable, EMPTY_LIST_CODE};
 use std::{
     collections::{BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque},
@@ -651,7 +654,7 @@ impl P2PMessage {
 /// for all variants except the [`P2PMessage::Hello`] variant, because the hello message is never
 /// compressed in the `p2p` subprotocol.
 impl Encodable for P2PMessage {
-    fn encode(&self, out: &mut dyn bytes::BufMut) {
+    fn encode(&self, out: &mut dyn BufMut) {
         (self.message_id() as u8).encode(out);
         match self {
             P2PMessage::Hello(msg) => msg.encode(out),
@@ -761,7 +764,7 @@ pub enum ProtocolVersion {
 }
 
 impl Encodable for ProtocolVersion {
-    fn encode(&self, out: &mut dyn bytes::BufMut) {
+    fn encode(&self, out: &mut dyn BufMut) {
         (*self as u8).encode(out)
     }
     fn length(&self) -> usize {
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/message.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/message.rs
index e768f0a6ab9d..e52392d7b10e 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/message.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/message.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use super::{
     NodeData, PooledTransactions, Receipts, Status, Transactions,
 };
 use crate::SharedTransactions;
-use bytes::{Buf, BufMut};
+use reth_primitives::bytes::{Buf, BufMut};
 use reth_rlp::{length_of_length, Decodable, Encodable, Header};
 use std::{fmt::Debug, sync::Arc};
 
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/status.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/status.rs
index 7350f931d26f..4b67d486eb93 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/status.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/status.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::{EthVersion, StatusBuilder};
 
 use ethers_core::utils::Genesis;
 use reth_codecs::derive_arbitrary;
-use reth_primitives::{Chain, ChainSpec, ForkId, Hardfork, Head, H256, MAINNET, U256};
+use reth_primitives::{hex, Chain, ChainSpec, ForkId, Hardfork, Head, H256, MAINNET, U256};
 use reth_rlp::{RlpDecodable, RlpEncodable};
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
 
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/transactions.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/transactions.rs
index 476c6cdce831..7f38c0f69235 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/transactions.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/src/types/transactions.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mod test {
     use crate::{message::RequestPair, GetPooledTransactions, PooledTransactions};
     use hex_literal::hex;
     use reth_primitives::{
-        Signature, Transaction, TransactionKind, TransactionSigned, TxEip1559, TxLegacy, U256,
+        hex, Signature, Transaction, TransactionKind, TransactionSigned, TxEip1559, TxLegacy, U256,
     };
     use reth_rlp::{Decodable, Encodable};
     use std::str::FromStr;
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/tests/new_block.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/tests/new_block.rs
index dcf896387d4b..9e011bd8d45b 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/tests/new_block.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/tests/new_block.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Decoding tests for [`NewBlock`]
 use reth_eth_wire::NewBlock;
+use reth_primitives::hex;
 use reth_rlp::Decodable;
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
diff --git a/crates/net/eth-wire/tests/new_pooled_transactions.rs b/crates/net/eth-wire/tests/new_pooled_transactions.rs
index c80f2cf103ab..8272c5c73082 100644
--- a/crates/net/eth-wire/tests/new_pooled_transactions.rs
+++ b/crates/net/eth-wire/tests/new_pooled_transactions.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Decoding tests for [`NewPooledTransactions`]
 use reth_eth_wire::NewPooledTransactionHashes;
+use reth_primitives::hex;
 use reth_rlp::Decodable;
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
diff --git a/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
index 37b3d7ff3cf2..9c27701b12b5 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ fnv = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 async-trait = "0.1"
-bytes = "1.2"
 linked_hash_set = "0.1"
 linked-hash-map = "0.5.6"
 rand = "0.8"
diff --git a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
index df03c8ec2be9..23ca188ecd92 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ secp256k1 = { version = "0.24.2", default-features = false, features = [
 crc = "3"
 
 # misc
-bytes = "1.2"
+bytes = "1.4"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_with = "2.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs b/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
index 1129790f3d8a..340aec66d944 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ pub use revm_primitives::{ruint::aliases::U128, B160 as H160, B256 as H256, U256
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 mod __reexport {
+    pub use bytes;
     pub use hex;
     pub use hex_literal;
     pub use tiny_keccak;
diff --git a/crates/rpc/ipc/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/ipc/Cargo.toml
index ad340108952d..e42aed3aedf0 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/ipc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/ipc/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ tower = "0.4"
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.16", features = ["server", "client"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
-bytes = "1.2.1"
+bytes = "1.4"
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/Cargo.toml
index 0c3c5e1a5915..25cc579ccb7c 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,4 +30,3 @@ thiserror = "1.0.37"
 reth-interfaces = { path = "../../interfaces", features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-provider = { path = "../../storage/provider", features = ["test-utils"] }
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
-bytes = "1.2"
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
index f9673fac5207..4367c20da67a 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
@@ -326,9 +326,11 @@ mod tests {
 
     mod new_payload {
         use super::*;
-        use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
         use reth_interfaces::test_utils::generators::random_header;
-        use reth_primitives::Block;
+        use reth_primitives::{
+            bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut},
+            Block,
+        };
         use reth_rlp::DecodeError;
 
         fn transform_block<F: FnOnce(Block) -> Block>(src: SealedBlock, f: F) -> SealedBlock {
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
index e0a3aba29647..13996c5266df 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
 # misc
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-bytes = "1.2"
 jsonrpsee-types = { version = "0.16" }
 lru = "0.9"
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine.rs
index 32c2b87e4add..a536d86125b8 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
 
-use bytes::BytesMut;
-use reth_primitives::{Address, Bloom, Bytes, SealedBlock, Withdrawal, H256, H64, U256, U64};
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::BytesMut, Address, Bloom, Bytes, SealedBlock, Withdrawal, H256, H64, U256, U64,
+};
 use reth_rlp::Encodable;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
diff --git a/crates/staged-sync/Cargo.toml b/crates/staged-sync/Cargo.toml
index b11ce31f7a4f..dc440eaa634d 100644
--- a/crates/staged-sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/staged-sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ reth-primitives = { path = "../../crates/primitives" }
 reth-provider = { path = "../../crates/storage/provider", features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-net-nat = { path = "../../crates/net/nat" }
 reth-interfaces = { path = "../interfaces", optional = true }
-reth-tasks= { path = "../../crates/tasks" }
+reth-tasks = { path = "../../crates/tasks" }
 
 # io
 serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/crates/storage/codecs/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/codecs/Cargo.toml
index fc742c5b762b..f39c6143c4bf 100644
--- a/crates/storage/codecs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/codecs/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ arbitrary = [
 
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = "1.2.1"
+bytes = "1.4"
 codecs-derive = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./derive", default-features = false }
 revm-primitives = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["serde"] }
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
index f32e3c5dcf06..a0ab525625b8 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ modular-bitfield = "0.11.2"
 metrics = "0.20.1"
 
 # misc
-bytes = "1.2.1"
+bytes = "1.4"
 page_size = "0.4.2"
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 tempfile = { version = "3.3.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/abstraction/table.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/abstraction/table.rs
index cd3fffbd8929..202ee6b58a7c 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/abstraction/table.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/abstraction/table.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::{
     transaction::{DbTx, DbTxMut},
     Error,
 };
-use bytes::Bytes;
+use reth_primitives::bytes::Bytes;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/accounts.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/accounts.rs
index 4ca5a735100d..3783cf3acbc3 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/accounts.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/accounts.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ use crate::{
     table::{Decode, Encode},
     Error,
 };
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use reth_codecs::Compact;
-use reth_primitives::{Account, Address, TransitionId};
+use reth_primitives::{
+    bytes::{BufMut, Bytes},
+    Account, Address, TransitionId,
+};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Account as it is saved inside [`AccountChangeSet`][crate::tables::AccountChangeSet].
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ pub struct AccountBeforeTx {
 // and compress second part of the value. If we have compression
 // over whole value (Even SubKey) that would mess up fetching of values with seek_by_key_subkey
 impl Compact for AccountBeforeTx {
-    fn to_compact(self, buf: &mut impl bytes::BufMut) -> usize {
+    fn to_compact(self, buf: &mut impl BufMut) -> usize {
         // for now put full bytes and later compress it.
         buf.put_slice(&self.address.to_fixed_bytes()[..]);
         self.info.to_compact(buf) + 32
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ impl Encode for TransitionIdAddress {
 
 impl Decode for TransitionIdAddress {
     fn decode<B: Into<Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let value: bytes::Bytes = value.into();
+        let value: Bytes = value.into();
 
         let num =
             u64::from_be_bytes(value.as_ref()[..8].try_into().map_err(|_| Error::DecodeError)?);
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/blocks.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/blocks.rs
index 48213662c755..87226a2bd64e 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/blocks.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/blocks.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ use crate::{
     table::{Decode, Encode},
     Error,
 };
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use reth_codecs::{main_codec, Compact};
-use reth_primitives::{BlockHash, BlockNumber, Header, TxNumber, Withdrawal, H256};
+use reth_primitives::{bytes::Bytes, BlockHash, BlockNumber, Header, TxNumber, Withdrawal, H256};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Total number of transactions.
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ impl Encode for BlockNumHash {
 
 impl Decode for BlockNumHash {
     fn decode<B: Into<Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let value: bytes::Bytes = value.into();
+        let value: Bytes = value.into();
 
         let num =
             u64::from_be_bytes(value.as_ref()[..8].try_into().map_err(|_| Error::DecodeError)?);
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/integer_list.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/integer_list.rs
index f43345685094..6293b84c81d7 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/integer_list.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/integer_list.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     table::{Compress, Decompress},
     Error,
 };
-use bytes::Bytes;
-use reth_primitives::IntegerList;
+use reth_primitives::{bytes::Bytes, IntegerList};
 
 impl Compress for IntegerList {
     type Compressed = Vec<u8>;
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/mod.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/mod.rs
index 040a88430693..545eca6366f9 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/mod.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ pub mod storage_sharded_key;
 
 pub use accounts::*;
 pub use blocks::*;
-use reth_primitives::{Address, H256};
 pub use sharded_key::ShardedKey;
 
 use crate::{
     table::{Decode, Encode},
     Error,
 };
+use reth_primitives::{bytes::Bytes, Address, H256};
 
 /// Macro that implements [`Encode`] and [`Decode`] for uint types.
 macro_rules! impl_uints {
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_uints {
 
             impl Decode for $name
             {
-                fn decode<B: Into<bytes::Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-                    let value: bytes::Bytes = value.into();
+                fn decode<B: Into<Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+                    let value: Bytes = value.into();
                     Ok(
                         $name::from_be_bytes(
                             value.as_ref().try_into().map_err(|_| Error::DecodeError)?
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl Encode for Vec<u8> {
 }
 
 impl Decode for Vec<u8> {
-    fn decode<B: Into<bytes::Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    fn decode<B: Into<Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         Ok(value.into().to_vec())
     }
 }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl Encode for Address {
 }
 
 impl Decode for Address {
-    fn decode<B: Into<bytes::Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    fn decode<B: Into<Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         Ok(Address::from_slice(&value.into()[..]))
     }
 }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl Encode for H256 {
 }
 
 impl Decode for H256 {
-    fn decode<B: Into<bytes::Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    fn decode<B: Into<Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         Ok(H256::from_slice(&value.into()[..]))
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/sharded_key.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/sharded_key.rs
index 81978829a3b2..a56b29e0ff7c 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/sharded_key.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/sharded_key.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     table::{Decode, Encode},
     Error,
 };
-use reth_primitives::TransitionId;
+use reth_primitives::{bytes::Bytes, TransitionId};
 
 /// Number of indices in one shard.
 pub const NUM_OF_INDICES_IN_SHARD: usize = 100;
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ impl<T> Decode for ShardedKey<T>
 where
     T: Decode,
 {
-    fn decode<B: Into<bytes::Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let value: bytes::Bytes = value.into();
+    fn decode<B: Into<Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let value: Bytes = value.into();
         let tx_num_index = value.len() - 8;
 
         let highest_tx_number = u64::from_be_bytes(
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/storage_sharded_key.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/storage_sharded_key.rs
index 2a14e62c2dfd..16a8c0c76535 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/storage_sharded_key.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/models/storage_sharded_key.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     table::{Decode, Encode},
     Error,
 };
-use reth_primitives::{TransitionId, H160, H256};
+use reth_primitives::{bytes::Bytes, TransitionId, H160, H256};
 
 use super::ShardedKey;
 
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ impl Encode for StorageShardedKey {
 }
 
 impl Decode for StorageShardedKey {
-    fn decode<B: Into<bytes::Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let value: bytes::Bytes = value.into();
+    fn decode<B: Into<Bytes>>(value: B) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let value: Bytes = value.into();
         let tx_num_index = value.len() - 8;
 
         let highest_tx_number = u64::from_be_bytes(
diff --git a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/utils.rs b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/utils.rs
index 1e20a809de3e..899a9b0be6a9 100644
--- a/crates/storage/db/src/tables/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/db/src/tables/utils.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::{
     table::{Decode, Decompress, Table},
     Error,
 };
-use bytes::Bytes;
+use reth_primitives::bytes::Bytes;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
index 77924b295d20..b71b70ce6bef 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async-trait = "0.1.57"
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 auto_impl = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["sync"] }
-bytes = "1.2"
+bytes = "1.4"
 futures = "0.3.25"
 tokio-stream = "0.1.11"
 rand = "0.8.5"