diff --git a/src/aeb_fate_encoding.erl b/src/aeb_fate_encoding.erl
index 1dcf8c8..5c13247 100644
--- a/src/aeb_fate_encoding.erl
+++ b/src/aeb_fate_encoding.erl
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
                          X =:= ?TYPE_TUPLE orelse
                          X =:= ?TYPE_OBJECT orelse
                          X =:= ?TYPE_BITS orelse
+                         X =:= ?TYPE_BYTES orelse
                          X =:= ?TYPE_MAP orelse
                          X =:= ?TYPE_STRING orelse
                          X =:= ?TYPE_VARIANT)).