diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4630c559d0d..220866b5c5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1472,7 +1472,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "roaring",
  "serde",
- "serde_bytes",
  "shuttle",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
@@ -7342,15 +7341,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_bytes"
-version = "0.11.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8437fd221bde2d4ca316d61b90e337e9e702b3820b87d63caa9ba6c02bd06d96"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.215"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb9e26515a2..a78f0808408 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ sea-query = "0.32"
 sea-query-binder = "0.7"
 serde = { version = "1.0.215", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.133"
-serde_bytes = "0.11.17"
 setsum = "0.7"
 sprs = "0.11"
 tantivy = "0.22.0"
diff --git a/rust/blockstore/Cargo.toml b/rust/blockstore/Cargo.toml
index 9d7311e0cac..a1609989bcf 100644
--- a/rust/blockstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/blockstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { workspace = true }
-serde_bytes = { workspace = true }
 arrow = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/rust/blockstore/src/arrow/block/types.rs b/rust/blockstore/src/arrow/block/types.rs
index 9d65555a255..92eb7975a38 100644
--- a/rust/blockstore/src/arrow/block/types.rs
+++ b/rust/blockstore/src/arrow/block/types.rs
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for RecordBatchWrapper {
     where
         D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
     {
-        let data: &'de [u8] = serde_bytes::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-        let rb = Block::load_record_batch(data, false).map_err(D::Error::custom)?;
+        let data = Vec::<u8>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        let rb = Block::load_record_batch(&data, false).map_err(D::Error::custom)?;
         Ok(RecordBatchWrapper(rb))
     }
 }