diff --git a/src/bson.ts b/src/bson.ts
index 64b433ca..5b079291 100644
--- a/src/bson.ts
+++ b/src/bson.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function serialize(object: Document, options: SerializeOptions = {}): Uin
   );
 
   // Create the final buffer
-  const finishedBuffer = ByteUtils.allocate(serializationIndex);
+  const finishedBuffer = ByteUtils.allocateUnsafe(serializationIndex);
 
   // Copy into the finished buffer
   finishedBuffer.set(buffer.subarray(0, serializationIndex), 0);
diff --git a/src/decimal128.ts b/src/decimal128.ts
index dc96f9cd..806938e3 100644
--- a/src/decimal128.ts
+++ b/src/decimal128.ts
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ export class Decimal128 extends BSONValue {
     }
 
     // Encode into a buffer
-    const buffer = ByteUtils.allocate(16);
+    const buffer = ByteUtils.allocateUnsafe(16);
     index = 0;
 
     // Encode the low 64 bits of the decimal
diff --git a/src/objectid.ts b/src/objectid.ts
index 09ccd0ff..98daecc8 100644
--- a/src/objectid.ts
+++ b/src/objectid.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export class ObjectId extends BSONValue {
     }
 
     const inc = ObjectId.getInc();
-    const buffer = ByteUtils.allocate(12);
+    const buffer = ByteUtils.allocateUnsafe(12);
 
     // 4-byte timestamp
     NumberUtils.setInt32BE(buffer, 0, time);
diff --git a/src/parser/deserializer.ts b/src/parser/deserializer.ts
index 004f5bb1..ac278190 100644
--- a/src/parser/deserializer.ts
+++ b/src/parser/deserializer.ts
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ function deserializeObject(
       value = ByteUtils.toUTF8(buffer, index, index + stringSize - 1, shouldValidateKey);
       index = index + stringSize;
     } else if (elementType === constants.BSON_DATA_OID) {
-      const oid = ByteUtils.allocate(12);
-      oid.set(buffer.subarray(index, index + 12));
+      const oid = ByteUtils.allocateUnsafe(12);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 12; i++) oid[i] = buffer[index + i];
       value = new ObjectId(oid);
       index = index + 12;
     } else if (elementType === constants.BSON_DATA_INT && promoteValues === false) {
@@ -355,9 +355,9 @@ function deserializeObject(
       }
     } else if (elementType === constants.BSON_DATA_DECIMAL128) {
       // Buffer to contain the decimal bytes
-      const bytes = ByteUtils.allocate(16);
+      const bytes = ByteUtils.allocateUnsafe(16);
       // Copy the next 16 bytes into the bytes buffer
-      bytes.set(buffer.subarray(index, index + 16), 0);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 16; i++) bytes[i] = buffer[index + i];
       // Update index
       index = index + 16;
       // Assign the new Decimal128 value
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ function deserializeObject(
           }
         }
       } else {
-        const _buffer = ByteUtils.allocate(binarySize);
         // If we have subtype 2 skip the 4 bytes for the size
         if (subType === Binary.SUBTYPE_BYTE_ARRAY) {
           binarySize = NumberUtils.getInt32LE(buffer, index);
@@ -411,13 +410,12 @@ function deserializeObject(
             throw new BSONError('Binary type with subtype 0x02 contains too short binary size');
         }
 
-        // Copy the data
-        for (i = 0; i < binarySize; i++) {
-          _buffer[i] = buffer[index + i];
-        }
-
         if (promoteBuffers && promoteValues) {
-          value = _buffer;
+          value = ByteUtils.allocateUnsafe(binarySize);
+          // Copy the data
+          for (i = 0; i < binarySize; i++) {
+            value[i] = buffer[index + i];
+          }
         } else {
           value = new Binary(buffer.slice(index, index + binarySize), subType);
           if (subType === constants.BSON_BINARY_SUBTYPE_UUID_NEW && UUID.isValid(value)) {
@@ -616,8 +614,8 @@ function deserializeObject(
       index = index + stringSize;
 
       // Read the oid
-      const oidBuffer = ByteUtils.allocate(12);
-      oidBuffer.set(buffer.subarray(index, index + 12), 0);
+      const oidBuffer = ByteUtils.allocateUnsafe(12);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 12; i++) oidBuffer[i] = buffer[index + i];
       const oid = new ObjectId(oidBuffer);
 
       // Update the index
diff --git a/src/utils/byte_utils.ts b/src/utils/byte_utils.ts
index e4c51dcf..9c748acb 100644
--- a/src/utils/byte_utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/byte_utils.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export type ByteUtils = {
   toLocalBufferType(buffer: Uint8Array | ArrayBufferView | ArrayBuffer): Uint8Array;
   /** Create empty space of size */
   allocate: (size: number) => Uint8Array;
+  /** Create empty space of size, use pooled memory when available */
+  allocateUnsafe: (size: number) => Uint8Array;
   /** Check if two Uint8Arrays are deep equal */
   equals: (a: Uint8Array, b: Uint8Array) => boolean;
   /** Check if two Uint8Arrays are deep equal */
diff --git a/src/utils/node_byte_utils.ts b/src/utils/node_byte_utils.ts
index 519fad2f..d6a641a4 100644
--- a/src/utils/node_byte_utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/node_byte_utils.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type NodeJsBuffer = ArrayBufferView &
   };
 type NodeJsBufferConstructor = Omit<Uint8ArrayConstructor, 'from'> & {
   alloc: (size: number) => NodeJsBuffer;
+  allocUnsafe: (size: number) => NodeJsBuffer;
   from(array: number[]): NodeJsBuffer;
   from(array: Uint8Array): NodeJsBuffer;
   from(array: ArrayBuffer): NodeJsBuffer;
@@ -89,6 +90,10 @@ export const nodeJsByteUtils = {
     return Buffer.alloc(size);
   },
 
+  allocateUnsafe(size: number): NodeJsBuffer {
+    return Buffer.allocUnsafe(size);
+  },
+
   equals(a: Uint8Array, b: Uint8Array): boolean {
     return nodeJsByteUtils.toLocalBufferType(a).equals(b);
   },
diff --git a/src/utils/web_byte_utils.ts b/src/utils/web_byte_utils.ts
index 62ae589e..77a1f0f7 100644
--- a/src/utils/web_byte_utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/web_byte_utils.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ export const webByteUtils = {
     return new Uint8Array(size);
   },
 
+  allocateUnsafe(size: number): Uint8Array {
+    return webByteUtils.allocate(size);
+  },
+
   equals(a: Uint8Array, b: Uint8Array): boolean {
     if (a.byteLength !== b.byteLength) {
       return false;