diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ee0de5c7e5c8..c87f0cb07622 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fb1ff21a63d3262af46b9f33a826a8d134e2d0d9b2179c86034948b732ea8b2a"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "flate2",
  "futures-core",
  "memchr",
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "backup-service",
  "bcs",
  "byteorder",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "diem-config",
  "diem-crypto",
  "diem-infallible",
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bcs",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "diem-config",
  "diem-crypto",
  "diem-logger",
@@ -577,6 +577,12 @@ name = "bytes"
 version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0e4cec68f03f32e44924783795810fa50a7035d8c8ebe78580ad7e6c703fba38"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bytes"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dfb24e866b15a1af2a1b663f10c6b6b8f397a84aadb828f12e5b289ec23a3a3c"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -906,7 +912,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bcs",
  "byteorder",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "channel",
  "consensus-types",
  "diem-config",
@@ -1276,7 +1282,7 @@ name = "debug-interface"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "diem-logger",
  "diem-metrics",
  "diem-workspace-hack",
@@ -1356,7 +1362,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bcs",
  "bitvec",
  "byteorder",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "criterion",
  "curve25519-dalek 3.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "curve25519-dalek 3.0.0 (git+https://github.com/novifinancial/curve25519-dalek.git?branch=fiat3)",
@@ -2166,7 +2172,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bcs",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "chrono",
  "diem-crypto",
  "diem-crypto-derive",
@@ -2279,7 +2285,7 @@ name = "diem-workspace-hack"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "cc",
  "chrono",
  "itertools 0.9.0",
@@ -3200,7 +3206,7 @@ version = "0.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e4728fd124914ad25e99e3d15a9361a879f6620f63cb56bbb08f95abb97a535"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "fnv",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -3248,7 +3254,7 @@ checksum = "ed18eb2459bf1a09ad2d6b1547840c3e5e62882fa09b9a6a20b1de8e3228848f"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.12.3",
  "bitflags",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "headers-core",
  "http",
  "mime",
@@ -3336,7 +3342,7 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "28d569972648b2c512421b5f2a405ad6ac9666547189d0c5477a3f200f3e02f9"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "fnv",
  "itoa",
 ]
@@ -3347,7 +3353,7 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13d5ff830006f7646652e057693569bfe0d51760c0085a071769d142a205111b"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "http",
 ]
 
@@ -3384,7 +3390,7 @@ version = "0.13.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f6ad767baac13b44d4529fcf58ba2cd0995e36e7b435bc5b039de6f47e880dbf"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
@@ -3408,7 +3414,7 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d979acc56dcb5b8dddba3917601745e877576475aa046df3226eabdecef78eed"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "hyper",
  "native-tls",
  "tokio",
@@ -3475,7 +3481,7 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "19a8a95243d5a0398cae618ec29477c6e3cb631152be5c19481f80bc71559754"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3639,7 +3645,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "57f95fd36c08ce592e67400a0f1a66f432196997d5a7e9a97e8743c33d8a9312"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.12.3",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "chrono",
  "serde",
  "serde-value",
@@ -3670,7 +3676,7 @@ checksum = "f4f52dbe2c0e7ca54e43f1bc7b77b916750e63d7694e5a18c09b11307acc6b9d"
 dependencies = [
  "Inflector",
  "base64 0.12.3",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "chrono",
  "dirs 3.0.1",
  "either",
@@ -3894,7 +3900,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "memsocket"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "diem-infallible",
  "diem-workspace-hack",
  "futures 0.3.8",
@@ -4366,7 +4372,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "netcore"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "diem-logger",
  "diem-network-address",
  "diem-types",
@@ -4385,7 +4391,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bcs",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "channel",
  "criterion",
  "diem-bitvec",
@@ -5093,7 +5099,7 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ce49aefe0a6144a45de32927c77bd2859a5f7677b55f220ae5b744e87389c212"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "prost-derive",
 ]
 
@@ -5103,7 +5109,7 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "02b10678c913ecbd69350e8535c3aef91a8676c0773fc1d7b95cdd196d7f2f26"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "heck",
  "itertools 0.8.2",
  "log",
@@ -5134,7 +5140,7 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1834f67c0697c001304b75be76f67add9c89742eda3a085ad8ee0bb38c3417aa"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "prost",
 ]
 
@@ -5507,7 +5513,7 @@ checksum = "fb15d6255c792356a0f578d8a645c677904dc02e862bebe2ecc18e0c01b9a0ce"
 dependencies = [
  "async-compression",
  "base64 0.13.0",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
@@ -5585,7 +5591,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7af1c42491edaa3b2582c6f3a0221f5ef4ed7a02c71cf1f614bb12877e1d44dd"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "futures 0.3.8",
  "rusoto_core",
  "serde_urlencoded 0.6.1",
@@ -5600,7 +5606,7 @@ checksum = "e977941ee0658df96fca7291ecc6fc9a754600b21ad84b959eb1dbbc9d5abcc7"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base64 0.12.3",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "crc32fast",
  "futures 0.3.8",
  "http",
@@ -5647,7 +5653,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1146e37a7c1df56471ea67825fe09bbbd37984b5f6e201d8b2e0be4ee15643d8"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "futures 0.3.8",
  "rusoto_core",
  "xml-rs",
@@ -5660,7 +5666,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "97a740a88dde8ded81b6f2cff9cd5e054a5a2e38a38397260f7acdd2c85d17dd"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.12.3",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "futures 0.3.8",
  "hex",
  "hmac 0.8.1",
@@ -5685,7 +5691,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3815b8c0fc1c50caf9e87603f23daadfedb18d854de287b361c69f68dc9d49e0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "chrono",
  "futures 0.3.8",
  "rusoto_core",
@@ -6359,7 +6365,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bcs",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 1.3.0",
  "channel",
  "compiled-stdlib",
  "diem-config",
@@ -6909,7 +6915,7 @@ version = "0.2.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d34ca54d84bf2b5b4d7d31e901a8464f7b60ac145a284fba25ceb801f2ddccd"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "fnv",
  "futures-core",
  "iovec",
@@ -7000,7 +7006,7 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "be8242891f2b6cbef26a2d7e8605133c2c554cd35b3e4948ea892d6d68436499"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -7128,7 +7134,7 @@ checksum = "f0308d80d86700c5878b9ef6321f020f29b1bb9d5ff3cab25e75e23f3a492a23"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.12.3",
  "byteorder",
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "http",
  "httparse",
  "input_buffer",
@@ -7403,7 +7409,7 @@ version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f41be6df54c97904af01aa23e613d4521eed7ab23537cede692d4058f6449407"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes",
+ "bytes 0.5.6",
  "futures 0.3.8",
  "headers",
  "http",
diff --git a/common/debug-interface/Cargo.toml b/common/debug-interface/Cargo.toml
index ee634b261cce..01ca0c7a155e 100644
--- a/common/debug-interface/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/debug-interface/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.34"
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 tokio = { version = "0.2.22", features = ["full"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.9", features = ["blocking", "json"], default_features = false }
 warp = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/common/workspace-hack/Cargo.toml b/common/workspace-hack/Cargo.toml
index 96e4c7d2c78e..00870c720eb2 100644
--- a/common/workspace-hack/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/workspace-hack/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = { version = "1.3.4", features = ["i128", "std"] }
-bytes = { version = "0.5.6", features = ["serde", "std"] }
+bytes = { version = "1.3.0", features = ["serde", "std"] }
 cc = { version = "1.0.66", features = ["jobserver", "parallel"] }
 chrono = "0.4.19"
 itertools = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/consensus/Cargo.toml b/consensus/Cargo.toml
index d359dc0d2c26..e57c53c83d78 100644
--- a/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 anyhow = "1.0.34"
 async-trait = "0.1.42"
 byteorder = { version = "1.3.4", default-features = false }
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 fail = "0.4.0"
 futures = "0.3.8"
 itertools = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crypto/crypto/Cargo.toml b/crypto/crypto/Cargo.toml
index 8e8af1ca73c6..07fea647c600 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.34"
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 vanilla-curve25519-dalek = { version = "3", package = 'curve25519-dalek', default-features = false, features = ["std"], optional = true }
 curve25519-dalek = { git = "https://github.com/novifinancial/curve25519-dalek.git", branch = "fiat3", version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "fiat_u64_backend"], optional = true }
 digest = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/network/Cargo.toml b/network/Cargo.toml
index 1e8922225ce8..c14161a05420 100644
--- a/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.34"
-bytes = { version = "0.5.6", features = ["serde"] }
+bytes = { version = "1.3.0", features = ["serde"] }
 futures = "0.3.8"
 futures-util = "0.3.8"
 hex = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/network/memsocket/Cargo.toml b/network/memsocket/Cargo.toml
index 0fae0cb46e29..e25e3e8fefd4 100644
--- a/network/memsocket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/network/memsocket/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3.8"
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 once_cell = "1.4.1"
 diem-infallible = { path = "../../common/infallible", version = "0.1.0" }
 diem-workspace-hack = { path = "../../common/workspace-hack", version = "0.1.0" }
diff --git a/network/netcore/Cargo.toml b/network/netcore/Cargo.toml
index 291d2507038d..ede50d8f3899 100644
--- a/network/netcore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/network/netcore/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ publish = false
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 futures = "0.3.8"
 pin-project = "1.0.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0.117", default-features = false }
diff --git a/state-synchronizer/Cargo.toml b/state-synchronizer/Cargo.toml
index 4d312257427d..fbee487b6bf0 100644
--- a/state-synchronizer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/state-synchronizer/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ bcs = "0.1.1"
 vm-genesis = { path = "../language/tools/vm-genesis", version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 proptest = "0.10.1"
 
 channel = { path = "../common/channel", version = "0.1.0" }
diff --git a/storage/backup/backup-cli/Cargo.toml b/storage/backup/backup-cli/Cargo.toml
index 0881f975ca99..c98f862c18b7 100644
--- a/storage/backup/backup-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage/backup/backup-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 anyhow = "1.0.34"
 async-trait = "0.1.42"
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 futures = "0.3.8"
 hex = "0.4.2"
 itertools = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/storage/backup/backup-service/Cargo.toml b/storage/backup/backup-service/Cargo.toml
index 0ef45910d40d..c47f5c0ceb97 100644
--- a/storage/backup/backup-service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage/backup/backup-service/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.34"
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 futures = "0.3.8"
 hyper = "0.13.9"
 once_cell = "1.4.1"
diff --git a/types/Cargo.toml b/types/Cargo.toml
index adb6d192ea3c..35e8080b50dd 100644
--- a/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.34"
-bytes = "0.5.6"
+bytes = "1.3.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 hex = "0.4.2"
 itertools = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }