diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f55180f9ca94..c276f5687930 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ checksum = "bddcadddf5e9015d310179a59bb28c4d4b9920ad0f11e8e14dbadf654890c9a6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "array-bytes"
-version = "4.2.0"
+version = "6.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f52f63c5c1316a16a4b35eaac8b76a98248961a533f061684cb2a7cb0eafb6c6"
+checksum = "d9b1c5a481ec30a5abd8dfbd94ab5cf1bb4e9a66be7f1b3b322f2f1170c200fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
diff --git a/bin/node/bench/Cargo.toml b/bin/node/bench/Cargo.toml
index 153a721da41f..8e5c3d02d5fe 100644
--- a/bin/node/bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node/bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ publish = false
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 clap = { version = "4.0.9", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4.17"
 node-primitives = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../primitives" }
diff --git a/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml b/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
index 77e49ff07d6b..a78722860c60 100644
--- a/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 # third-party dependencies
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 clap = { version = "4.0.9", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/client/cli/Cargo.toml b/client/cli/Cargo.toml
index c0da53ad129d..40e0c64ffd53 100644
--- a/client/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 chrono = "0.4.10"
 clap = { version = "4.0.9", features = ["derive", "string"] }
 fdlimit = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/client/consensus/beefy/Cargo.toml b/client/consensus/beefy/Cargo.toml
index 161d53777ebc..60952caa10fa 100644
--- a/client/consensus/beefy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/consensus/beefy/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "BEEFY Client gadget for substrate"
 homepage = "https://substrate.io"
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.57"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2", features = ["derive"] }
 fnv = "1.0.6"
diff --git a/client/consensus/grandpa/Cargo.toml b/client/consensus/grandpa/Cargo.toml
index 67c58d37a2cf..cad232992d55 100644
--- a/client/consensus/grandpa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/consensus/grandpa/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
 ahash = "0.8.2"
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.57"
 dyn-clone = "1.0"
 finality-grandpa = { version = "0.16.2", features = ["derive-codec"] }
diff --git a/client/db/Cargo.toml b/client/db/Cargo.toml
index 8e4bcf18a2d0..80aefc9e9c87 100644
--- a/client/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ quickcheck = { version = "1.0.3", default-features = false }
 kitchensink-runtime = { path = "../../bin/node/runtime" }
 sp-tracing = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/tracing" }
 substrate-test-runtime-client = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../test-utils/runtime/client" }
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/client/executor/Cargo.toml b/client/executor/Cargo.toml
index 21a9bd70dde6..4a88bd0e9cde 100644
--- a/client/executor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/executor/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sp-version = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../../primitives/version" }
 sp-wasm-interface = { version = "7.0.0", path = "../../primitives/wasm-interface" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 assert_matches = "1.3.0"
 wat = "1.0"
 sc-runtime-test = { version = "2.0.0", path = "runtime-test" }
diff --git a/client/keystore/Cargo.toml b/client/keystore/Cargo.toml
index 8766ee80157e..0fbccdbc39e1 100644
--- a/client/keystore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/keystore/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.57"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 serde_json = "1.0.85"
diff --git a/client/network/Cargo.toml b/client/network/Cargo.toml
index 6fc4131f74e1..0b747d9c874b 100644
--- a/client/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 async-channel = "1.8.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
 asynchronous-codec = "0.6"
diff --git a/client/network/common/Cargo.toml b/client/network/common/Cargo.toml
index 983342b014b8..190298fb4572 100644
--- a/client/network/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/network/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 prost-build = "0.11"
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.57"
 bitflags = "1.3.2"
 bytes = "1"
diff --git a/client/network/light/Cargo.toml b/client/network/light/Cargo.toml
index ed2a5d6cb4ec..b4b8b8bfc0fb 100644
--- a/client/network/light/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/network/light/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 prost-build = "0.11"
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2", features = [
     "derive",
 ] }
diff --git a/client/network/sync/Cargo.toml b/client/network/sync/Cargo.toml
index 298cbf1801f2..f0676dd6abeb 100644
--- a/client/network/sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/network/sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 prost-build = "0.11"
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.58"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2", features = ["derive"] }
 futures = "0.3.21"
diff --git a/client/network/transactions/Cargo.toml b/client/network/transactions/Cargo.toml
index 3616473d3bae..a312b3d402f1 100644
--- a/client/network/transactions/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/network/transactions/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/sc-network-transactions"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2", features = ["derive"] }
 futures = "0.3.21"
 libp2p = "0.50.0"
diff --git a/client/offchain/Cargo.toml b/client/offchain/Cargo.toml
index 0307e3125f3e..480685653a4d 100644
--- a/client/offchain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/offchain/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 bytes = "1.1"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2", features = ["derive"] }
 fnv = "1.0.6"
diff --git a/client/rpc-spec-v2/Cargo.toml b/client/rpc-spec-v2/Cargo.toml
index 23b96877f3b1..354436844f88 100644
--- a/client/rpc-spec-v2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/rpc-spec-v2/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ hex = "0.4"
 futures = "0.3.21"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["sync"] }
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 log = "0.4.17"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.19", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/client/service/test/Cargo.toml b/client/service/test/Cargo.toml
index 94a844aa7dc0..731788f8b4e4 100644
--- a/client/service/test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/service/test/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
 async-channel = "1.8.0"
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 fdlimit = "0.2.1"
 futures = "0.3.21"
 log = "0.4.17"
diff --git a/client/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml b/client/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
index 6338f8127aa1..0ab05879b239 100644
--- a/client/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/transaction-pool/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ sp-tracing = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/tracing" }
 sp-transaction-pool = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../primitives/transaction-pool" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 assert_matches = "1.3.0"
 criterion = "0.4.0"
 sc-block-builder = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "../block-builder" }
diff --git a/frame/alliance/Cargo.toml b/frame/alliance/Cargo.toml
index d70dfd6d752e..250f629803ac 100644
--- a/frame/alliance/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/alliance/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = { version = "4.1", optional = true }
+array-bytes = { version = "6.1", optional = true }
 log = { version = "0.4.14", default-features = false }
 
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pallet-identity = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../identity", default-feature
 pallet-collective = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../collective", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 sp-core-hashing = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives/core/hashing" }
 pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../balances" }
 pallet-collective = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../collective" }
diff --git a/frame/beefy-mmr/Cargo.toml b/frame/beefy-mmr/Cargo.toml
index 721e24282c45..c1c2742f9f28 100644
--- a/frame/beefy-mmr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/beefy-mmr/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate"
 homepage = "https://substrate.io"
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = { version = "4.1", optional = true }
+array-bytes = { version = "6.1", optional = true }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 log = { version = "0.4.17", default-features = false }
 scale-info = { version = "2.1.1", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives
 sp-api = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives/api" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 sp-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../primitives/staking" }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/frame/benchmarking/Cargo.toml b/frame/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
index 7b8a7c5eaa94..0b7bfc911630 100644
--- a/frame/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ sp-storage = { version = "7.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primit
 static_assertions = "1.1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 rusty-fork = { version = "0.3.0", default-features = false }
 sp-keystore = { version = "0.13.0", path = "../../primitives/keystore" }
 
diff --git a/frame/contracts/Cargo.toml b/frame/contracts/Cargo.toml
index f357a21b9cf5..4cb4a83c85d6 100644
--- a/frame/contracts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/contracts/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "7.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primit
 sp-std = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives/std" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 assert_matches = "1"
 env_logger = "0.9"
 pretty_assertions = "1"
diff --git a/frame/executive/Cargo.toml b/frame/executive/Cargo.toml
index 1636cb3929d9..1910771aa080 100644
--- a/frame/executive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/executive/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives
 sp-tracing = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives/tracing" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../balances" }
 pallet-transaction-payment = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../transaction-payment" }
 sp-core = { version = "7.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
diff --git a/frame/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml b/frame/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
index 3f7180f79adb..cbf945d92173 100644
--- a/frame/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "7.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primit
 sp-std = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives/std" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 env_logger = "0.9"
 itertools = "0.10.3"
 
diff --git a/frame/transaction-storage/Cargo.toml b/frame/transaction-storage/Cargo.toml
index c23be8194d87..a6729b55ce7f 100644
--- a/frame/transaction-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/transaction-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = { version = "4.1", optional = true }
+array-bytes = { version = "6.1", optional = true }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2", default-features = false }
 scale-info = { version = "2.1.1", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.136", optional = true }
diff --git a/primitives/consensus/beefy/Cargo.toml b/primitives/consensus/beefy/Cargo.toml
index 657569d122b0..5a6943c56986 100644
--- a/primitives/consensus/beefy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/consensus/beefy/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ strum = { version = "0.24.1", features = ["derive"], default-features = false }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 sp-keystore = { version = "0.13.0", path = "../../keystore" }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/primitives/core/Cargo.toml b/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
index 9b253fd15467..a4f970b8c3a2 100644
--- a/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ thiserror = { version = "1.0.30", optional = true }
 bitflags = "1.3"
 
 # full crypto
-array-bytes = { version = "4.1", optional = true }
+array-bytes = { version = "6.1", optional = true }
 ed25519-zebra = { version = "3.1.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 blake2 = { version = "0.10.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 schnorrkel = { version = "0.9.1", features = ["preaudit_deprecated", "u64_backend"], default-features = false, optional = true }
diff --git a/primitives/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml b/primitives/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
index 97add1ed1d37..044c9f10c150 100644
--- a/primitives/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../std" }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/primitives/state-machine/Cargo.toml b/primitives/state-machine/Cargo.toml
index cc780e51abca..9726d9193175 100644
--- a/primitives/state-machine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/state-machine/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../std" }
 sp-trie = { version = "7.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../trie" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 pretty_assertions = "1.2.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 sp-runtime = { version = "7.0.0", path = "../runtime" }
diff --git a/primitives/trie/Cargo.toml b/primitives/trie/Cargo.toml
index 0dacb76d9f27..d48b7f86bdc5 100644
--- a/primitives/trie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/trie/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../std" }
 schnellru = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 criterion = "0.4.0"
 trie-bench = "0.37.0"
 trie-standardmap = "0.16.0"
diff --git a/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml b/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
index 682c868f290d..a6c12a080a71 100644
--- a/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test-utils/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ publish = false
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.57"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2" }
 futures = "0.3.21"
diff --git a/utils/binary-merkle-tree/Cargo.toml b/utils/binary-merkle-tree/Cargo.toml
index a54dc4f2d049..eeba39545d16 100644
--- a/utils/binary-merkle-tree/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/binary-merkle-tree/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ description = "A no-std/Substrate compatible library to construct binary merkle
 homepage = "https://substrate.io"
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = { version = "4.1", optional = true }
+array-bytes = { version = "6.1", optional = true }
 log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 hash-db = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 env_logger = "0.9"
 sp-core = { version = "7.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 sp-runtime = { version = "7.0.0", path = "../../primitives/runtime" }
diff --git a/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml b/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
index fc23d07b6216..db8cd3069385 100644
--- a/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
-array-bytes = "4.1"
+array-bytes = "6.1"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.0.9", features = ["derive"] }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.2.2" }