diff --git a/src/common/utils/compression.cpp b/src/common/utils/compression.cpp
index 15cbbc04..17c6da8c 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/compression.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utils/compression.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace utils::compression
             };
         }
 
-        std::vector<std::uint8_t> decompress(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& data)
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> decompress(const std::span<const std::uint8_t> data)
         {
             std::vector<std::uint8_t> buffer{};
             zlib_stream stream_container{};
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ namespace utils::compression
             return buffer;
         }
 
-        std::vector<std::uint8_t> compress(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& data)
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> decompress(const std::span<const std::byte>& data)
+        {
+            return decompress(std::span(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(data.data()), data.size()));
+        }
+
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> compress(const std::span<const std::uint8_t> data)
         {
             std::vector<std::uint8_t> result{};
             auto length = compressBound(static_cast<uLong>(data.size()));
@@ -95,5 +100,10 @@ namespace utils::compression
             result.resize(length);
             return result;
         }
+
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> compress(const std::span<const std::byte> data)
+        {
+            return compress(std::span(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(data.data()), data.size()));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/common/utils/compression.hpp b/src/common/utils/compression.hpp
index 36a0305c..70ded9f7 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/compression.hpp
+++ b/src/common/utils/compression.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <string>
+#include <span>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cstdint>
 
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ namespace utils::compression
     namespace zlib
     {
         constexpr unsigned int ZCHUNK_SIZE = 16384u;
-        std::vector<std::uint8_t> compress(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& data);
-        std::vector<std::uint8_t> decompress(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& data);
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> compress(std::span<const std::uint8_t> data);
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> compress(std::span<const std::byte> data);
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> decompress(std::span<const std::uint8_t> data);
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> decompress(std::span<const std::byte> data);
     }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};