diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 860b10c359..0aac40b4fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ include = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = "1"
+bytes = "1.2"
 http = "1"
 http-body = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
diff --git a/src/proto/h1/io.rs b/src/proto/h1/io.rs
index ae9be99517..6fc0920eb2 100644
--- a/src/proto/h1/io.rs
+++ b/src/proto/h1/io.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use std::fmt;
 #[cfg(feature = "server")]
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::io::{self, IoSlice};
-use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
@@ -246,8 +245,9 @@ where
             self.read_buf.reserve(next);
         }
 
-        let dst = self.read_buf.chunk_mut();
-        let dst = unsafe { &mut *(dst as *mut _ as *mut [MaybeUninit<u8>]) };
+        // SAFETY: ReadBuf and poll_read promise not to set any uninitialized
+        // bytes onto `dst`.
+        let dst = unsafe { self.read_buf.chunk_mut().as_uninit_slice_mut() };
         let mut buf = ReadBuf::uninit(dst);
         match Pin::new(&mut self.io).poll_read(cx, buf.unfilled()) {
             Poll::Ready(Ok(_)) => {