@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 
 from .exceptions import *  # noqa: F403
-from .ext import ExtType, Timestamp
+from .ext import Bypass, ExtType, Timestamp
 
 version = (1, 1, 2)
 __version__ = "1.1.2"
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from cpython.datetime cimport (
 cdef ExtType
 cdef Timestamp
 
-from .ext import ExtType, Timestamp
+from .ext import ExtType, Timestamp, Bypass
 
 
 cdef extern from "Python.h":
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ cdef class Packer:
             llval = o.seconds
             ulval = o.nanoseconds
             msgpack_pack_timestamp(&self.pk, llval, ulval)
+        elif type(o) is Bypass:
+            msgpack_pack_raw_body(&self.pk, o.data, len(o.data))
         elif PyList_CheckExact(o) if strict else (PyTuple_Check(o) or PyList_Check(o)):
             L = Py_SIZE(o)
             if L > ITEM_LIMIT:
 
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ def __new__(cls, code, data):
             raise ValueError("code must be 0~127")
         return super().__new__(cls, code, data)
 
+class Bypass:
+    """Bypass is a placeholder class to skip serialization and pass the bytes value as is."""
+
+    __slots__ = ["data"]
+
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        if isinstance(data, bytes):
+            self.data = data
+
+        else:
+            self.data = memoryview(data).tobytes()
 
 class Timestamp:
     """Timestamp represents the Timestamp extension type in msgpack.
@@ -156,7 +167,7 @@ def to_datetime(self):
 
         :rtype: `datetime.datetime`
         """
-        utc = datetime.timezone.utc
+        utc = datetime.UTC
         return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(0, utc) + datetime.timedelta(
             seconds=self.seconds, microseconds=self.nanoseconds // 1000
         )
 
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ def newlist_hint(size):
         return []
 
 
-from .exceptions import BufferFull, ExtraData, FormatError, OutOfData, StackError
-from .ext import ExtType, Timestamp
+from .exceptions import (BufferFull, ExtraData, FormatError, OutOfData,
+                         StackError)
+from .ext import Bypass, ExtType, Timestamp
 
 EX_SKIP = 0
 EX_CONSTRUCT = 1
@@ -773,6 +774,9 @@ def _pack(
                 self._buffer.write(struct.pack("b", code))
                 self._buffer.write(data)
                 return
+            if check(obj, Bypass):
+                self._buffer.write(obj.data)
+                return
             if check(obj, list_types):
                 n = len(obj)
                 self._pack_array_header(n)