diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 628ab4c5..58ec6fc9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4
-	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.56.0
+	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.57.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.3.1
 	golang.org/x/net v0.47.0
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.20.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 90d5e526..bcdb4493 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4 h1:mye9XuhQ6gvn5h28+VilKrrPoQVanw5PMw/TB0
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:2gIqNv+qfxSVS7cM2xJQKtLSTLUE9V8t9Stt+h56mCY=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.5.1 h1:giqksBPnT/HDtZ6VhtFKgoLOWmlyo9Ei6u9PqzIMbhI=
-github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.5.1/go.mod h1:+PC4XFrEskIVkcLzpEkbLqq1uCoxPhQuvK5rH1ZgaEg=
-github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.56.0 h1:q/TW+OLismmXAehgFLczhCDTYB3bFmua4D9lsNBWxvY=
-github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.56.0/go.mod h1:9gx5KsFQtw2oZ6GZTyh+7YEvOxWCL9WZAepnHxgAo6c=
+github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.6.0 h1:g7W+BMYynC1LbYLSqRt8PBg5Tgwxn214ZZR34VIOjz8=
+github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.6.0/go.mod h1:lUpLKChi8njB4ty2bFLX2x4gzDqXwUpaO1DP9qMDZII=
+github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.57.1 h1:25KAAR9QR8KZrCZRThWMKVAwGoiHIrNbT72ULHTuI10=
+github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.57.1/go.mod h1:ly4QBAjHA2VhdnxhojRsCUOeJwKYg+taDlos92xb1+s=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/internal/bytesconv/bytesconv_test.go b/internal/bytesconv/bytesconv_test.go
index 4972ae70..60e28fb4 100644
--- a/internal/bytesconv/bytesconv_test.go
+++ b/internal/bytesconv/bytesconv_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ func TestBytesToString(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBytesToStringEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := BytesToString([]byte{}); got != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("BytesToString([]byte{}) = %q; want empty string", got)
+	}
+	if got := BytesToString(nil); got != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("BytesToString(nil) = %q; want empty string", got)
+	}
+}
+
 const letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
 const (
 	letterIdxBits = 6                    // 6 bits to represent a letter index
@@ -78,6 +87,16 @@ func TestStringToBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStringToBytesEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	b := StringToBytes("")
+	if len(b) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf(`StringToBytes("") length = %d; want 0`, len(b))
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(b, []byte("")) {
+		t.Fatalf(`StringToBytes("") = %v; want []byte("")`, b)
+	}
+}
+
 // go test -v -run=none -bench=^BenchmarkBytesConv -benchmem=true
 
 func BenchmarkBytesConvBytesToStrRaw(b *testing.B) {