diff --git a/src/Lazy/LazyUuidFromString.php b/src/Lazy/LazyUuidFromString.php
index 031f0c9..fd15b14 100644
--- a/src/Lazy/LazyUuidFromString.php
+++ b/src/Lazy/LazyUuidFromString.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use Ramsey\Uuid\Type\Hexadecimal;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Type\Integer as IntegerObject;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\UuidInterface;
+use function assert;
 use function hex2bin;
 use function str_replace;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ use function str_replace;
  */
 final class LazyUuidFromString implements UuidInterface
 {
-    public const VALID_PATTERN = '/\A[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{12}\z/ms';
+    public const VALID_REGEX = '/\A[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\z/ms';
 
     /** @var non-empty-string */
     private $uuid;
@@ -401,6 +402,15 @@ final class LazyUuidFromString implements UuidInterface
         return $instance->toUuidV1();
     }
 
+    public function toUuidV6(): UuidV6
+    {
+        $instance = $this->unwrap();
+
+        assert($instance instanceof UuidV6);
+
+        return $instance;
+    }
+
     private function unwrap(): UuidInterface
     {
         return Uuid::getFactory()
diff --git a/src/Nonstandard/UuidV6.php b/src/Nonstandard/UuidV6.php
index 454d04c..05586b3 100644
--- a/src/Nonstandard/UuidV6.php
+++ b/src/Nonstandard/UuidV6.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use Ramsey\Uuid\Converter\NumberConverterInterface;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Converter\TimeConverterInterface;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Exception\DateTimeException;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Ramsey\Uuid\Lazy\LazyUuidFromString;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Rfc4122\FieldsInterface as Rfc4122FieldsInterface;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Rfc4122\UuidInterface;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Rfc4122\UuidV1;
@@ -106,10 +107,10 @@ final class UuidV6 extends Uuid implements UuidInterface
             . '1' . substr($hex, 0, 3)
             . substr($hex, 16);
 
-        /** @var UuidV1 $uuid */
+        /** @var LazyUuidFromString $uuid */
         $uuid = Uuid::fromBytes((string) hex2bin($hex));
 
-        return $uuid;
+        return $uuid->toUuidV1();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -124,9 +125,9 @@ final class UuidV6 extends Uuid implements UuidInterface
             . '6' . substr($hex, 5, 3)
             . substr($hex, 16);
 
-        /** @var UuidV6 $uuid */
+        /** @var LazyUuidFromString $uuid */
         $uuid = Uuid::fromBytes((string) hex2bin($hex));
 
-        return $uuid;
+        return $uuid->toUuidV6();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Uuid.php b/src/Uuid.php
index 091348b..3742caf 100644
--- a/src/Uuid.php
+++ b/src/Uuid.php
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ use function bin2hex;
 use function preg_match;
 use function str_replace;
 use function strcmp;
+use function strlen;
 use function strtolower;
+use function substr;
 
 /**
  * Uuid provides constants and static methods for working with and generating UUIDs
@@ -405,7 +407,22 @@ class Uuid implements UuidInterface
      */
     public static function fromBytes(string $bytes): UuidInterface
     {
-        // @TODO optimize this endpoint too
+        if (! self::$factoryReplaced && strlen($bytes) === 16) {
+            $base16Uuid = bin2hex($bytes);
+
+            return self::fromString(
+                substr($base16Uuid,0, 8)
+                . '-'
+                . substr($base16Uuid, 8, 4)
+                . '-'
+                . substr($base16Uuid, 12, 4)
+                . '-'
+                . substr($base16Uuid, 16, 4)
+                . '-'
+                . substr($base16Uuid, 20, 12)
+            );
+        }
+
         return self::getFactory()->fromBytes($bytes);
     }
 
@@ -422,7 +439,7 @@ class Uuid implements UuidInterface
      */
     public static function fromString(string $uuid): UuidInterface
     {
-        if (! self::$factoryReplaced && preg_match(LazyUuidFromString::VALID_PATTERN, $uuid) === 1) {
+        if (! self::$factoryReplaced && preg_match(LazyUuidFromString::VALID_REGEX, $uuid) === 1) {
             return new LazyUuidFromString(strtolower($uuid));
         }