diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cba85d32a..6f547da90 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.21.3
 
 require (
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-bytesize v1.0.2
-	codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil v1.1.2
+	codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil v1.2.0
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-cache/v3 v3.5.6
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-debug v1.3.0
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-errors/v2 v2.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1e4be4d79..7ce3d72b3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ codeberg.org/gruf/go-bytes v1.0.2 h1:malqE42Ni+h1nnYWBUAJaDDtEzF4aeN4uPN8DfMNNvo
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-bytes v1.0.2/go.mod h1:1v/ibfaosfXSZtRdW2rWaVrDXMc9E3bsi/M9Ekx39cg=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-bytesize v1.0.2 h1:Mo+ITi+0uZ4YNSZf2ed6Qw8acOI39W4mmgE1a8lslXw=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-bytesize v1.0.2/go.mod h1:n/GU8HzL9f3UNp/mUKyr1qVmTlj7+xacpp0OHfkvLPs=
-codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil v1.1.2 h1:TQLZtTxTNca9xEfDIndmo7nBYxeS94nrv/9DS3Nk5Tw=
-codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil v1.1.2/go.mod h1:cWM3tgMCroSzqoBXUXMhvxTxYJp+TbCr6ioISRY5vSU=
+codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil v1.2.0 h1:YoxkpUOoHS82BcPXfiIcWLe/YhS8QhpNUHdfuhN09QM=
+codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil v1.2.0/go.mod h1:cWM3tgMCroSzqoBXUXMhvxTxYJp+TbCr6ioISRY5vSU=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-cache/v3 v3.5.6 h1:TJnNOuij5DF/ZK9pDB61SlYzxidRQeYjYYW3dfFSznc=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-cache/v3 v3.5.6/go.mod h1:NbsGQUgEdNFd631WSasvCHIVAaY9ovuiSeoBwtsIeDc=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-debug v1.3.0 h1:PIRxQiWUFKtGOGZFdZ3Y0pqyfI0Xr87j224IYe2snZs=
diff --git a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil/LICENSE b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil/LICENSE
index e4163ae35..d6f08d0ab 100644
--- a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil/LICENSE
+++ b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2022 gruf
+Copyright (c) gruf
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
diff --git a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil/buffer.go b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil/buffer.go
index 9e15c8ade..8259429d6 100644
--- a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil/buffer.go
+++ b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil/buffer.go
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 )
 
 var (
-	// ensure we conform to interfaces.
+	// ensure we conform
+	// to interfaces.
 	_ interface {
 		io.Writer
 		io.ByteWriter
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@
 		io.StringWriter
 		io.WriterAt
 		WriteStringAt(string, int64) (int, error)
+		io.ReaderFrom
+		io.WriterTo
 	} = (*Buffer)(nil)
 
 	// ErrBeyondBufferLen is returned if .WriteAt() is attempted beyond buffer length.
@@ -81,6 +84,43 @@ func (buf *Buffer) WriteStringAt(s string, start int64) (int, error) {
 	return copy(buf.B[start:], s), nil
 }
 
+// ReadFrom will read bytes from reader into buffer, fulfilling io.ReaderFrom.
+func (buf *Buffer) ReadFrom(r io.Reader) (int64, error) {
+	var nn int64
+
+	// Ensure there's cap
+	// for a first read.
+	buf.Guarantee(512)
+
+	for {
+		// Read into next chunk of buffer.
+		n, err := r.Read(buf.B[len(buf.B):cap(buf.B)])
+
+		// Reslice buf + update count.
+		buf.B = buf.B[:len(buf.B)+n]
+		nn += int64(n)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				// mask EOF.
+				err = nil
+			}
+			return nn, err
+		}
+
+		if len(buf.B) == cap(buf.B) {
+			// Add capacity (let append pick).
+			buf.B = append(buf.B, 0)[:len(buf.B)]
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// WriteTo will write bytes from buffer into writer, fulfilling io.WriterTo.
+func (buf *Buffer) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
+	n, err := w.Write(buf.B)
+	return int64(n), err
+}
+
 // Len returns the length of the buffer's underlying byte slice.
 func (buf *Buffer) Len() int {
 	return len(buf.B)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 5e65a302d..f8f808556 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ codeberg.org/gruf/go-bytes
 # codeberg.org/gruf/go-bytesize v1.0.2
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-bytesize
-# codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil v1.1.2
+# codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil v1.2.0
 ## explicit; go 1.16
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-byteutil
 # codeberg.org/gruf/go-cache/v3 v3.5.6