diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 83e8fd3d6..0fc6b4f8b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/redis/go-redis/v9
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0
diff --git a/internal/util/unsafe.go b/internal/util/unsafe.go
index cbcd2cc09..f4c3c3f33 100644
--- a/internal/util/unsafe.go
+++ b/internal/util/unsafe.go
@@ -8,15 +8,10 @@ import (
 
 // BytesToString converts byte slice to string.
 func BytesToString(b []byte) string {
-	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&b))
+	return unsafe.String(unsafe.SliceData(b), len(b))
 }
 
 // StringToBytes converts string to byte slice.
 func StringToBytes(s string) []byte {
-	return *(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(
-		&struct {
-			string
-			Cap int
-		}{s, len(s)},
-	))
+	return unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(s), len(s))
 }
diff --git a/internal/util/unsafe_test.go b/internal/util/unsafe_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f49ae79ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/unsafe_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var (
+	_tmpBytes  []byte
+	_tmpString string
+)
+
+func TestBytesToString(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input  string
+		expect string
+	}{
+		{
+			input:  "string",
+			expect: "string",
+		},
+		{
+			input:  "",
+			expect: "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			input := []byte(tt.input)
+			if result := BytesToString(input); !reflect.DeepEqual(tt.expect, result) {
+				t.Errorf("BytesToString: Expected = %v, Got = %v", tt.expect, result)
+			}
+
+			if len(tt.input) == 0 {
+				return
+			}
+
+			input[0] = 'x'
+			if result := BytesToString(input); reflect.DeepEqual(tt.expect, result) {
+				t.Errorf("BytesToString: expected not equal: %v", tt.expect)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStringToBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input  string
+		expect []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			input:  "string",
+			expect: []byte("string"),
+		},
+		{
+			input:  "",
+			expect: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if result := StringToBytes(tt.input); !reflect.DeepEqual(tt.expect, result) {
+				t.Errorf("StringToBytes: Expected = %v, Got = %v", tt.expect, result)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBytesToStringGC(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		expect = t.Name()
+		x      string
+		wg     sync.WaitGroup
+	)
+
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		tmp := append([]byte(nil), t.Name()...)
+		x = BytesToString(tmp)
+	}()
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		runtime.GC()
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expect, x) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected = %v, Got = %v", expect, x)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStringToBytesGC(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		expect = []byte(t.Name())
+		x      []byte
+		wg     sync.WaitGroup
+	)
+
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		tmp := append([]byte(nil), t.Name()...)
+		x = StringToBytes(string(tmp))
+	}()
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		runtime.GC()
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expect, x) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected = %v, Got = %v", expect, x)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkStringToBytes(b *testing.B) {
+	input := b.Name()
+
+	b.Run("copy", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_tmpBytes = []byte(input)
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("unsafe", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_tmpBytes = StringToBytes(input)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkBytesToString(b *testing.B) {
+	input := []byte(b.Name())
+
+	b.Run("copy", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_tmpString = string(input)
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("unsafe", func(b *testing.B) {
+		b.ReportAllocs()
+
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			_tmpString = BytesToString(input)
+		}
+	})
+}