diff --git a/cid.go b/cid.go
index 3436501..bf553ea 100644
--- a/cid.go
+++ b/cid.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (c *Cid) bytesV0() []byte {
 
 func (c *Cid) bytesV1() []byte {
 	// two 8 bytes (max) numbers plus hash
-	buf := make([]byte, 2*8+len(c.hash))
+	buf := make([]byte, 2*binary.MaxVarintLen64+len(c.hash))
 	n := binary.PutUvarint(buf, c.version)
 	n += binary.PutUvarint(buf[n:], c.codec)
 	copy(buf[n:], c.hash)