diff --git a/src/value.zig b/src/value.zig
index fb9a2f826a915c2250a135a9dbce503ae6f898c3..24f6b1df75bb4287718e4654c17410542c17be91 100644
--- a/src/value.zig
+++ b/src/value.zig
@@ -526,7 +526,15 @@ pub const Value = extern union {
                 };
                 return Value{ .ptr_otherwise = &new_payload.base };
             },
-            .bytes => return self.copyPayloadShallow(arena, Payload.Bytes),
+            .bytes => {
+                const bytes = self.castTag(.bytes).?.data;
+                const new_payload = try arena.create(Payload.Bytes);
+                new_payload.* = .{
+                    .base = .{ .tag = .bytes },
+                    .data = try arena.dupe(u8, bytes),
+                };
+                return Value{ .ptr_otherwise = &new_payload.base };
+            },
             .repeated,
             .eu_payload,
             .opt_payload,
diff --git a/test/behavior/cast.zig b/test/behavior/cast.zig
index 003b1b7bec71b737ca8c2ccb5dfb5cb010ce1ee3..4bb8f147ece65befbee4be07bd49abdfe30c2cfb 100644
--- a/test/behavior/cast.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/cast.zig
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ fn peerTypeEmptyArrayAndSliceAndError(a: bool, slice: []u8) anyerror![]u8 {
 }
 
 test "implicit cast from *const [N]T to []const T" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend != .stage1) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
+    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
 
     try testCastConstArrayRefToConstSlice();
     comptime try testCastConstArrayRefToConstSlice();