diff --git a/lib/uuid_value.dart b/lib/uuid_value.dart
index f86c5e5..02b68ae 100644
--- a/lib/uuid_value.dart
+++ b/lib/uuid_value.dart
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class UuidValue {
 
   // toBytes() converts the internal string representation to a list of bytes.
   Uint8List toBytes() {
-    return UuidParsing.parseAsByteList(uuid);
+    return UuidParsing.parseAsByteList(uuid, validate: false);
   }
 
   // toString() returns the String representation of the UUID