diff --git a/satellite/metabase/copy_object.go b/satellite/metabase/copy_object.go
index 7e077b494..e31b877f2 100644
--- a/satellite/metabase/copy_object.go
+++ b/satellite/metabase/copy_object.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (db *DB) FinishCopyObject(ctx context.Context, opts FinishCopyObject) (obje
 			)
 			RETURNING
 				created_at`,
-			opts.ProjectID, opts.NewBucket, opts.NewEncryptedObjectKey, nextAvailableVersion, opts.NewStreamID,
+			opts.ProjectID, []byte(opts.NewBucket), opts.NewEncryptedObjectKey, nextAvailableVersion, opts.NewStreamID,
 			sourceObject.ExpiresAt, sourceObject.SegmentCount,
 			encryptionParameters{&sourceObject.Encryption},
 			copyMetadata, opts.NewEncryptedMetadataKeyNonce, opts.NewEncryptedMetadataKey,
diff --git a/satellite/metabase/list_objects.go b/satellite/metabase/list_objects.go
index 144cba206..412a567d4 100644
--- a/satellite/metabase/list_objects.go
+++ b/satellite/metabase/list_objects.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (db *DB) ListObjects(ctx context.Context, opts ListObjects) (result ListObj
 
 	var entries []ObjectEntry
 	err = withRows(db.db.QueryContext(ctx, opts.getSQLQuery(),
-		opts.ProjectID, opts.BucketName, opts.startKey(), opts.Cursor.Version,
+		opts.ProjectID, []byte(opts.BucketName), opts.startKey(), opts.Cursor.Version,
 		opts.stopKey(), opts.Status,
 		opts.Limit+1, len(opts.Prefix)+1))(func(rows tagsql.Rows) error {
 		entries, err = scanListObjectsResult(rows, opts)
diff --git a/satellite/metabase/list_verify_segments.go b/satellite/metabase/list_verify_segments.go
index 08b9164b9..ae7200ae9 100644
--- a/satellite/metabase/list_verify_segments.go
+++ b/satellite/metabase/list_verify_segments.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (db *DB) ListBucketsStreamIDs(ctx context.Context, opts ListBucketsStreamID
 		LIMIT $3
 	`, pgutil.UUIDArray(projectIDs), pgutil.ByteaArray(bucketNamesBytes),
 		opts.Limit,
-		opts.CursorBucket.ProjectID, opts.CursorBucket.BucketName, opts.CursorStreamID,
+		opts.CursorBucket.ProjectID, []byte(opts.CursorBucket.BucketName), opts.CursorStreamID,
 	))(func(rows tagsql.Rows) error {
 		for rows.Next() {
 			var streamID uuid.UUID