diff --git a/ch/chschema/append.go b/ch/chschema/append.go
index 4b31849..9781113 100644
--- a/ch/chschema/append.go
+++ b/ch/chschema/append.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package chschema
 
 import (
 	"database/sql/driver"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/uptrace/go-clickhouse/ch/internal"
 )
 
 func Append(fmter Formatter, b []byte, v any) []byte {
@@ -116,16 +117,5 @@ func AppendBytes(b []byte, bytes []byte) []byte {
 	if bytes == nil {
 		return AppendNull(b)
 	}
-
-	b = append(b, '\'')
-
-	tmp := make([]byte, hex.EncodedLen(len(bytes)))
-	hex.Encode(tmp, bytes)
-
-	b = append(b, "\\x"...)
-	b = append(b, tmp...)
-
-	b = append(b, '\'')
-
-	return b
+	return AppendString(b, internal.String(bytes))
 }