diff --git a/instrumentation/kamon-pekko/src/main/scala/kamon/instrumentation/pekko/remote/internal/PekkoPduProtobufCodecDecodeMessageMethodAdvisor.scala b/instrumentation/kamon-pekko/src/main/scala/kamon/instrumentation/pekko/remote/internal/PekkoPduProtobufCodecDecodeMessageMethodAdvisor.scala
index 232c88ce7..10f28b66c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kamon-pekko/src/main/scala/kamon/instrumentation/pekko/remote/internal/PekkoPduProtobufCodecDecodeMessageMethodAdvisor.scala
+++ b/instrumentation/kamon-pekko/src/main/scala/kamon/instrumentation/pekko/remote/internal/PekkoPduProtobufCodecDecodeMessageMethodAdvisor.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ object PekkoPduProtobufCodecDecodeMessage {
     @Argument(1) provider: RemoteActorRefProvider,
     @Argument(2) localAddress: Address
   ): Unit = {
-    val ackAndEnvelope = AckAndContextAwareEnvelopeContainer.parseFrom(bs.toArrayUnsafe())
+    val ackAndEnvelope = AckAndContextAwareEnvelopeContainer.parseFrom(bs.toArray)
     if (ackAndEnvelope.hasEnvelope && ackAndEnvelope.getEnvelope.hasTraceContext) {
       val remoteCtx = ackAndEnvelope.getEnvelope.getTraceContext