diff --git a/src/streaming/vectorized.file.writer.cpp b/src/streaming/vectorized.file.writer.cpp
index e4ea039..18b57f8 100644
--- a/src/streaming/vectorized.file.writer.cpp
+++ b/src/streaming/vectorized.file.writer.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ zarr::VectorizedFileWriter::~VectorizedFileWriter()
 
 bool
 zarr::VectorizedFileWriter::write_vectors(
-  const std::vector<std::vector<std::byte>>& buffers,
+  const std::vector<std::span<std::byte>>& buffers,
   size_t offset)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
diff --git a/src/streaming/vectorized.file.writer.hh b/src/streaming/vectorized.file.writer.hh
index 405bd5d..92350ea 100644
--- a/src/streaming/vectorized.file.writer.hh
+++ b/src/streaming/vectorized.file.writer.hh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class VectorizedFileWriter
     explicit VectorizedFileWriter(const std::string& path);
     ~VectorizedFileWriter();
 
-    bool write_vectors(const std::vector<std::vector<std::byte>>& buffers,
+    bool write_vectors(const std::vector<std::span<std::byte>>& buffers,
                        size_t offset);
 
     std::mutex& mutex() { return mutex_; }
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/vectorized-file-write.cpp b/tests/unit-tests/vectorized-file-write.cpp
index 3b2c8c2..79ebe6d 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/vectorized-file-write.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/vectorized-file-write.cpp
@@ -14,19 +14,23 @@ write_to_file(const std::string& filename)
     zarr::VectorizedFileWriter writer(filename);
 
     std::vector<std::vector<std::byte>> data(10);
+    std::vector<std::span<std::byte>> spans(10);
+
     for (auto i = 0; i < data.size(); ++i) {
         data[i].resize((i + 1) * 1024);
         std::fill(data[i].begin(), data[i].end(), std::byte(i));
         file_size += data[i].size();
+        spans[i] = data[i];
     }
-    CHECK(writer.write_vectors(data, 0));
+    CHECK(writer.write_vectors(spans, 0));
 
     // write more data
     for (auto i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
         auto& vec = data[i];
         std::fill(vec.begin(), vec.end(), std::byte(i + 10));
+        spans[i] = vec;
     }
-    CHECK(writer.write_vectors(data, file_size));
+    CHECK(writer.write_vectors(spans, file_size));
 
     return 2 * file_size;
 }