diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/frame/value.rs b/scylla-cql/src/frame/value.rs
index 9cc482c286..9e927be3a3 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/frame/value.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/frame/value.rs
@@ -504,6 +504,12 @@ impl Value for &str {
 }
 
 impl Value for Vec<u8> {
+    fn serialize(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), ValueTooBig> {
+        <&[u8] as Value>::serialize(&self.as_slice(), buf)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Value for &[u8] {
     fn serialize(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), ValueTooBig> {
         let val_len: i32 = self.len().try_into().map_err(|_| ValueTooBig)?;
         buf.put_i32(val_len);
diff --git a/scylla-cql/src/frame/value_tests.rs b/scylla-cql/src/frame/value_tests.rs
index 9564146426..f7e480362f 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/src/frame/value_tests.rs
+++ b/scylla-cql/src/frame/value_tests.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ fn u8_array_serialization() {
     assert_eq!(serialized(val), vec![0, 0, 0, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn u8_slice_serialization() {
+    let val = vec![1u8, 1, 1, 1];
+    assert_eq!(serialized(val.as_slice()), vec![0, 0, 0, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1]);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn naive_date_serialization() {
     // 1970-01-31 is 2^31