diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af9862e6..eb9addf8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ checksum = "b5f451b77e2f92932dc411da6ef9f3d33efad68a6f14a7a83e559453458e85ac"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "blobby",
+ "bytes",
  "crypto-common",
  "heapless",
 ]
@@ -133,6 +134,12 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytes"
+version = "1.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "428d9aa8fbc0670b7b8d6030a7fadd0f86151cae55e4dbbece15f3780a3dfaf3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ccm"
 version = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/aes-gcm-siv/Cargo.toml b/aes-gcm-siv/Cargo.toml
index 86d14301..f3c4c6b7 100644
--- a/aes-gcm-siv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aes-gcm-siv/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ default = ["aes", "alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/aes-gcm-siv/src/lib.rs b/aes-gcm-siv/src/lib.rs
index c1e2f9e5..29ee1d71 100644
--- a/aes-gcm-siv/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aes-gcm-siv/src/lib.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@
 //!
 //! Similarly, enabling the `arrayvec` feature of this crate will provide an impl of
 //! [`aead::Buffer`] for `arrayvec::ArrayVec` (re-exported from the [`aead`] crate as
-//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]).
+//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]), and enabling the `bytes` feature of this crate will
+//! provide an impl of [`aead::Buffer`] for `bytes::BytesMut` (re-exported from the
+//! [`aead`] crate as [`aead::bytes::BytesMut`]).
 
 pub use aead::{self, AeadCore, AeadInPlace, Error, Key, KeyInit, KeySizeUser};
 
diff --git a/aes-gcm/Cargo.toml b/aes-gcm/Cargo.toml
index d21453fd..f9bedcd5 100644
--- a/aes-gcm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aes-gcm/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ default = ["aes", "alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "cipher/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/aes-gcm/src/lib.rs b/aes-gcm/src/lib.rs
index b7cb8b5e..feb8902a 100644
--- a/aes-gcm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aes-gcm/src/lib.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@
 //!
 //! Similarly, enabling the `arrayvec` feature of this crate will provide an impl of
 //! [`aead::Buffer`] for `arrayvec::ArrayVec` (re-exported from the [`aead`] crate as
-//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]).
+//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]), and enabling the `bytes` feature of this crate will
+//! provide an impl of [`aead::Buffer`] for `bytes::BytesMut` (re-exported from the
+//! [`aead`] crate as [`aead::bytes::BytesMut`]).
 
 pub use aead::{self, AeadCore, AeadInPlace, Error, Key, KeyInit, KeySizeUser};
 
diff --git a/aes-siv/Cargo.toml b/aes-siv/Cargo.toml
index 4a23eabf..23d24258 100644
--- a/aes-siv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aes-siv/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/aes-siv/src/lib.rs b/aes-siv/src/lib.rs
index 40752006..74cfe44a 100644
--- a/aes-siv/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aes-siv/src/lib.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@
 //!
 //! Similarly, enabling the `arrayvec` feature of this crate will provide an impl of
 //! [`aead::Buffer`] for `arrayvec::ArrayVec` (re-exported from the [`aead`] crate as
-//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]).
+//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]), and enabling the `bytes` feature of this crate will
+//! provide an impl of [`aead::Buffer`] for `bytes::BytesMut` (re-exported from the
+//! [`aead`] crate as [`aead::bytes::BytesMut`]).
 
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 extern crate alloc;
diff --git a/ascon-aead/Cargo.toml b/ascon-aead/Cargo.toml
index 59100a54..48907aaa 100644
--- a/ascon-aead/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ascon-aead/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/ascon-aead/src/lib.rs b/ascon-aead/src/lib.rs
index f28b9f32..2f0251d4 100644
--- a/ascon-aead/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ascon-aead/src/lib.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 //! Similarly, enabling the `arrayvec` feature of this crate will provide an impl of
-//! [`aead::Buffer`] for `arrayvec::ArrayVec`.
+//! [`aead::Buffer`] for `arrayvec::ArrayVec` (re-exported from the [`aead`] crate as
+//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]), and enabling the `bytes` feature of this crate will
+//! provide an impl of [`aead::Buffer`] for `bytes::BytesMut` (re-exported from the
+//! [`aead`] crate as [`aead::bytes::BytesMut`]).
 
 #[cfg(feature = "zeroize")]
 pub use zeroize;
diff --git a/ccm/Cargo.toml b/ccm/Cargo.toml
index 187e2f1a..0ebf7311 100644
--- a/ccm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ccm/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/chacha20poly1305/Cargo.toml b/chacha20poly1305/Cargo.toml
index 63b60e9f..24ad4c59 100644
--- a/chacha20poly1305/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chacha20poly1305/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/chacha20poly1305/src/lib.rs b/chacha20poly1305/src/lib.rs
index 55999fc9..60607f6b 100644
--- a/chacha20poly1305/src/lib.rs
+++ b/chacha20poly1305/src/lib.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@
 //!
 //! Similarly, enabling the `arrayvec` feature of this crate will provide an impl of
 //! [`aead::Buffer`] for `arrayvec::ArrayVec` (re-exported from the [`aead`] crate as
-//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]).
+//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]), and enabling the `bytes` feature of this crate will
+//! provide an impl of [`aead::Buffer`] for `bytes::BytesMut` (re-exported from the
+//! [`aead`] crate as [`aead::bytes::BytesMut`]).
 //!
 //! ## [`XChaCha20Poly1305`]
 //!
diff --git a/deoxys/Cargo.toml b/deoxys/Cargo.toml
index 56a4c387..1aedef4d 100644
--- a/deoxys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deoxys/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom  = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/deoxys/src/lib.rs b/deoxys/src/lib.rs
index ab053fc5..0dbcd2af 100644
--- a/deoxys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deoxys/src/lib.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@
 //!
 //! Similarly, enabling the `arrayvec` feature of this crate will provide an impl of
 //! [`aead::Buffer`] for `arrayvec::ArrayVec` (re-exported from the [`aead`] crate as
-//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]).
+//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]), and enabling the `bytes` feature of this crate will
+//! provide an impl of [`aead::Buffer`] for `bytes::BytesMut` (re-exported from the
+//! [`aead`] crate as [`aead::bytes::BytesMut`]).
 
 /// Deoxys-BC implementations.
 mod deoxys_bc;
diff --git a/eax/Cargo.toml b/eax/Cargo.toml
index b7eef49e..04996764 100644
--- a/eax/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eax/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/eax/src/lib.rs b/eax/src/lib.rs
index 75277322..67a3655f 100644
--- a/eax/src/lib.rs
+++ b/eax/src/lib.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@
 //!
 //! Similarly, enabling the `arrayvec` feature of this crate will provide an impl of
 //! [`aead::Buffer`] for `arrayvec::ArrayVec` (re-exported from the [`aead`] crate as
-//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]).
+//! [`aead::arrayvec::ArrayVec`]), and enabling the `bytes` feature of this crate will
+//! provide an impl of [`aead::Buffer`] for `bytes::BytesMut` (re-exported from the
+//! [`aead`] crate as [`aead::bytes::BytesMut`]).
 //!
 //! ## Custom Tag Length
 //!
diff --git a/mgm/Cargo.lock b/mgm/Cargo.lock
index eee0085d..20a5b864 100644
--- a/mgm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mgm/Cargo.lock
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ checksum = "d122413f284cf2d62fb1b7db97e02edb8cda96d769b16e443a4f6195e35662b0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "blobby",
+ "bytes",
  "crypto-common",
  "generic-array",
  "heapless",
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ version = "1.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytes"
+version = "1.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "428d9aa8fbc0670b7b8d6030a7fadd0f86151cae55e4dbbece15f3780a3dfaf3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/mgm/Cargo.toml b/mgm/Cargo.toml
index c37ed082..655f20bb 100644
--- a/mgm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mgm/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom  = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]
diff --git a/ocb3/Cargo.toml b/ocb3/Cargo.toml
index 941779a1..e4b221b2 100644
--- a/ocb3/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ocb3/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
 std = ["aead/std", "alloc"]
 alloc = ["aead/alloc"]
 arrayvec = ["aead/arrayvec"]
+bytes = ["aead/bytes"]
 getrandom = ["aead/getrandom", "rand_core"]
 heapless = ["aead/heapless"]
 rand_core = ["aead/rand_core"]