diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c0d9c202..240db571 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "codec"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
diff --git a/codec/Cargo.toml b/codec/Cargo.toml
index d154f086..551a83c9 100644
--- a/codec/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codec/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "codec"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 authors = [
     "Xiaoyu Lu <xiaoyux.lu@intel.com>",
     "Jiewen Yao <jiewen.yao@intel.com>",
diff --git a/codec/src/codec.rs b/codec/src/codec.rs
index 1db3fa40..49fb0486 100644
--- a/codec/src/codec.rs
+++ b/codec/src/codec.rs
@@ -318,17 +318,22 @@ impl Codec for u128 {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Codec + Copy, const N: usize> Codec for [T; N] {
+impl<T: Codec + Copy + Default, const N: usize> Codec for [T; N] {
     fn encode(&self, bytes: &mut Writer) -> Result<usize, EncodeErr> {
         let used = bytes.used();
-        for d in self.as_ref() {
+        for d in self.iter() {
             let _ = d.encode(bytes)?;
         }
         Ok(bytes.used() - used)
     }
 
     fn read(reader: &mut Reader) -> Option<Self> {
-        Some([T::read(reader)?; N])
+        let mut target = [T::default(); N];
+        for t in target.iter_mut() {
+            *t = T::read(reader)?;
+        }
+
+        Some(target)
     }
 }