diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 04130da61..77a27d6b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ checksum = "325918d6fe32f23b19878fe4b34794ae41fc19ddbe53b10571a4874d44ffd39b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytesize"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a3e368af43e418a04d52505cf3dbc23dda4e3407ae2fa99fd0e4f308ce546acc"
+checksum = "a3c8f83209414aacf0eeae3cf730b18d6981697fba62f200fcfb92b9f082acba"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "camino"
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 11ec5ea65..d73d5edb0 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async-stream = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 axum = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
 bytes = "1.9.0"
-bytesize = "1.3.0"
+bytesize = "2.0.1"
 event-listener = "5.4.0"
 eyeball = { workspace = true }
 eyeball-im = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/mod.rs
index bca3c6b62..8d61e1662 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/mod.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ impl HttpClient {
             // in conjunction with request bodies
             if [Method::POST, Method::PUT, Method::PATCH].contains(method) {
                 let request_size = request.body().len().try_into().unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
-                span.record("request_size", ByteSize(request_size).to_string_as(true));
+                span.record(
+                    "request_size",
+                    ByteSize(request_size).display().si_short().to_string(),
+                );
             }
 
             request
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/native.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/native.rs
index 6cc2340c9..2c0ef63d2 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/native.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/native.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl HttpClient {
                 let response_size = ByteSize(response.body().len().try_into().unwrap_or(u64::MAX));
                 tracing::Span::current()
                     .record("status", status_code.as_u16())
-                    .record("response_size", response_size.to_string_as(true));
+                    .record("response_size", response_size.display().si_short().to_string());
 
                 // Record interesting headers. If you add more headers, ensure they're not
                 // confidential.
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/wasm.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/wasm.rs
index 0c438d519..9326b98f0 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/wasm.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/wasm.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl HttpClient {
         let response_size = ByteSize(response.body().len().try_into().unwrap_or(u64::MAX));
         tracing::Span::current()
             .record("status", status_code.as_u16())
-            .record("response_size", response_size.to_string_as(true));
+            .record("response_size", response_size.display().si_short().to_string());
 
         Ok(R::IncomingResponse::try_from_http_response(response)?)
     }