diff --git a/bytestring/CHANGES.md b/bytestring/CHANGES.md
index 40482e50..1fe37ce2 100644
--- a/bytestring/CHANGES.md
+++ b/bytestring/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased - 2022-xx-xx
 - Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.59.
+- Fix no_std compatibility. [#471]
+
+[#471]: https://github.com/actix/actix-net/pull/471
 
 
 ## 1.2.0 - 2022-11-07
diff --git a/bytestring/Cargo.toml b/bytestring/Cargo.toml
index 466f8030..92131e4a 100644
--- a/bytestring/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bytestring/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ name = "bytestring"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = "1.2"
+bytes = { version = "1.2", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]