diff --git a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/common.rs b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/common.rs
index 5868f19d..afea146a 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/common.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/ethers-contract-abigen/src/contract/common.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-use super::{util, Context};
-
-use crate::contract::types;
+use super::{types, util, Context};
 use ethers_core::{
     abi::{Param, ParamType},
     macros::{ethers_contract_crate, ethers_core_crate, ethers_providers_crate},
 };
-use proc_macro2::{Ident, TokenStream};
+use proc_macro2::{Ident, Literal, TokenStream};
 use quote::quote;
 
 /// Expands to the `name : type` pairs for the params
@@ -87,49 +85,56 @@ pub(crate) fn imports(name: &str) -> TokenStream {
     }
 }
 
-/// Generates the static `Abi` constants and the contract struct
+/// Generates the token stream for the contract's ABI, bytecode and struct declarations.
 pub(crate) fn struct_declaration(cx: &Context) -> TokenStream {
     let name = &cx.contract_ident;
-    let abi = &cx.abi_str;
-
-    let abi_name = cx.inline_abi_ident();
 
     let ethers_core = ethers_core_crate();
     let ethers_contract = ethers_contract_crate();
 
-    let abi_parse = if !cx.human_readable {
+    let abi = {
+        let abi_name = cx.inline_abi_ident();
+        let abi = &cx.abi_str;
+        let (doc_str, parse) = if cx.human_readable {
+            // Human readable: use abi::parse_abi_str
+            let doc_str = "The parsed human-readable ABI of the contract.";
+            let parse = quote!(#ethers_core::abi::parse_abi_str(__ABI));
+            (doc_str, parse)
+        } else {
+            // JSON ABI: use serde_json::from_str
+            let doc_str = "The parsed JSON ABI of the contract.";
+            let parse = quote!(#ethers_core::utils::__serde_json::from_str(__ABI));
+            (doc_str, parse)
+        };
+
         quote! {
             #[rustfmt::skip]
             const __ABI: &str = #abi;
 
-            /// The parsed JSON-ABI of the contract.
-            pub static #abi_name: #ethers_contract::Lazy<#ethers_core::abi::Abi> = #ethers_contract::Lazy::new(|| #ethers_core::utils::__serde_json::from_str(__ABI)
-                                              .expect("invalid abi"));
-        }
-    } else {
-        quote! {
-            /// The parsed human readable ABI of the contract.
-            pub static #abi_name: #ethers_contract::Lazy<#ethers_core::abi::Abi> = #ethers_contract::Lazy::new(|| #ethers_core::abi::parse_abi_str(#abi)
-                                                .expect("invalid abi"));
+            // This never fails as we are parsing the ABI in this macro
+            #[doc = #doc_str]
+            pub static #abi_name: #ethers_contract::Lazy<#ethers_core::abi::Abi> =
+                #ethers_contract::Lazy::new(|| #parse.expect("ABI is always valid"));
         }
     };
 
-    let bytecode = if let Some(ref bytecode) = cx.contract_bytecode {
+    let bytecode = cx.contract_bytecode.as_ref().map(|bytecode| {
+        let bytecode = bytecode.iter().copied().map(Literal::u8_unsuffixed);
         let bytecode_name = cx.inline_bytecode_ident();
-        let hex_bytecode = format!("{bytecode}");
         quote! {
-            /// Bytecode of the #name contract
-            pub static #bytecode_name: #ethers_contract::Lazy<#ethers_core::types::Bytes> = #ethers_contract::Lazy::new(|| #hex_bytecode.parse()
-                                                .expect("invalid bytecode"));
+            #[rustfmt::skip]
+            const __BYTECODE: &[u8] = &[ #( #bytecode ),* ];
+
+            #[doc = "The bytecode of the contract."]
+            pub static #bytecode_name: #ethers_core::types::Bytes = #ethers_core::types::Bytes::from_static(__BYTECODE);
         }
-    } else {
-        quote! {}
-    };
+    });
 
     quote! {
-        // Inline ABI declaration
-        #abi_parse
+        // The `Lazy` ABI
+        #abi
 
+        // The static Bytecode, if present
         #bytecode
 
         // Struct declaration
diff --git a/ethers-core/src/types/bytes.rs b/ethers-core/src/types/bytes.rs
index b6d8833c..f09c9170 100644
--- a/ethers-core/src/types/bytes.rs
+++ b/ethers-core/src/types/bytes.rs
@@ -16,31 +16,62 @@ pub struct Bytes(
     pub  bytes::Bytes,
 );
 
-fn bytes_to_hex(b: &Bytes) -> String {
-    hex::encode(b.0.as_ref())
+impl Bytes {
+    /// Creates a new empty `Bytes`.
+    ///
+    /// This will not allocate and the returned `Bytes` handle will be empty.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use ethers_core::types::Bytes;
+    ///
+    /// let b = Bytes::new();
+    /// assert_eq!(&b[..], b"");
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn new() -> Self {
+        Self(bytes::Bytes::new())
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new `Bytes` from a static slice.
+    ///
+    /// The returned `Bytes` will point directly to the static slice. There is
+    /// no allocating or copying.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use ethers_core::types::Bytes;
+    ///
+    /// let b = Bytes::from_static(b"hello");
+    /// assert_eq!(&b[..], b"hello");
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn from_static(bytes: &'static [u8]) -> Self {
+        Self(bytes::Bytes::from_static(bytes))
+    }
+
+    fn hex_encode(&self) -> String {
+        hex::encode(self.0.as_ref())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Debug for Bytes {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> FmtResult {
-        write!(f, "Bytes(0x{})", bytes_to_hex(self))
+        write!(f, "Bytes(0x{})", self.hex_encode())
     }
 }
 
 impl Display for Bytes {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> FmtResult {
-        write!(f, "0x{}", bytes_to_hex(self))
+        write!(f, "0x{}", self.hex_encode())
     }
 }
 
 impl LowerHex for Bytes {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> FmtResult {
-        write!(f, "0x{}", bytes_to_hex(self))
-    }
-}
-
-impl Bytes {
-    pub fn to_vec(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.as_ref().to_vec()
+        write!(f, "0x{}", self.hex_encode())
     }
 }