diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 16078d4..05fe323 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nebz"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.0-pre"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "an immutable non-empty bytes container"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 19c272a..62682f5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ impl<'a, const N: usize> NonEmptyBz<&'a [u8; N]> {
 		const { assert!(N != 0) }
 		Self(bz)
 	}
+
+	/// Converts a `NonEmptyBz<&[u8; N]` to `NonEmptyBz<&[u8]>`.
+	pub const fn as_slice(&self) -> NonEmptyBz<&'a [u8]> {
+		NonEmptyBz(self.0)
+	}
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "bytes")]