diff --git a/src/MongoDB.Bson/Serialization/Serializers/PrimitivesArrayReader.cs b/src/MongoDB.Bson/Serialization/Serializers/PrimitivesArrayReader.cs
index e811edef230..c8b9bd27cd7 100644
--- a/src/MongoDB.Bson/Serialization/Serializers/PrimitivesArrayReader.cs
+++ b/src/MongoDB.Bson/Serialization/Serializers/PrimitivesArrayReader.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using MongoDB.Bson.IO;
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ private static T[] ReadBsonArray<T>(
             using var buffer = ThreadStaticBuffer.RentBuffer(array.Length);
 
             var bytes = buffer.Bytes;
-            array.GetBytes(0, bytes, 0, array.Length);
+	        array.GetBytes(0, bytes, 0, array.Length);
+            var span = bytes.AsSpan();
 
             var result = new List<T>();
 
@@ -82,10 +84,10 @@ private static T[] ReadBsonArray<T>(
 
             while (index < maxIndex)
             {
-                ValidateBsonType(bsonDataType);
+                ValidateBsonType(bsonDataType, span);
 
                 // Skip name
-                while (bytes[index] != 0) { index++; };
+                while (span[index] != 0) { index++; }
                 index++; // Skip string terminating 0
 
                 T value = default;
@@ -95,21 +97,22 @@ private static T[] ReadBsonArray<T>(
                 {
                     case ConversionType.DoubleToSingle:
                         {
-                            var v = (float)BitConverter.ToDouble(bytes, index);
+                            var v = (float)BinaryPrimitivesCompat.ReadDoubleLittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
 
                             value = Unsafe.As<float, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.DoubleToDouble:
                         {
-                            var v = BitConverter.ToDouble(bytes, index);
+                            var v = BinaryPrimitivesCompat.ReadDoubleLittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
+
                             value = Unsafe.As<double, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Decimal128ToDecimal128:
                         {
-                            var lowBits = (ulong)BitConverter.ToInt64(bytes, index);
-                            var highBits = (ulong)BitConverter.ToInt64(bytes, index + 8);
+                            var lowBits = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt64LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
+                            var highBits = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt64LittleEndian(span.Slice(index +  8));
                             var v = Decimal128.ToDecimal(Decimal128.FromIEEEBits(highBits, lowBits));
 
                             value = Unsafe.As<decimal, T>(ref v);
@@ -117,63 +120,63 @@ private static T[] ReadBsonArray<T>(
                         }
                     case ConversionType.BoolToBool:
                         {
-                            var v = bytes[index] != 0;
+                            var v = span[index] != 0;
 
                             value = Unsafe.As<bool, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int32ToInt8:
                         {
-                            var v = (sbyte)BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, index);
+                            var v = (sbyte)BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<sbyte, T>(ref v);
 
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int32ToUInt8:
                         {
-                            var v = (byte)BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, index);
+                            var v = (byte)BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<byte, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int32ToInt16:
                         {
-                            var v = (short)BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, index);
+                            var v = (short)BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<short, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int32ToUInt16:
                         {
-                            var v = (ushort)BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, index);
+                            var v = (ushort)BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<ushort, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int32ToChar:
                         {
-                            var v = BitConverter.ToChar(bytes, index);
+                            var v = (char)(ushort)BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<char, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int32ToInt32:
                         {
-                            var v = BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, index);
+                            var v = BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt32LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<int, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int32ToUInt32:
                         {
-                            var v = BitConverter.ToUInt32(bytes, index);
+                            var v = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<uint, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int64ToInt64:
                         {
-                            var v = BitConverter.ToInt64(bytes, index);
+                            var v = BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt64LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<long, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
                     case ConversionType.Int64ToUInt64:
                         {
-                            var v = BitConverter.ToUInt64(bytes, index);
+                            var v = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt64LittleEndian(span.Slice(index));
                             value = Unsafe.As<ulong, T>(ref v);
                             break;
                         }
@@ -186,13 +189,13 @@ private static T[] ReadBsonArray<T>(
                 index += bsonDataSize;
             }
 
-            ValidateBsonType(BsonType.EndOfDocument);
+            ValidateBsonType(BsonType.EndOfDocument, span);
 
             return result.ToArray();
 
-            void ValidateBsonType(BsonType bsonType)
+            void ValidateBsonType(BsonType bsonType, Span<byte> span)
             {
-                if ((BsonType)bytes[index] != bsonType)
+                if ((BsonType)span[index] != bsonType)
                 {
                     throw new InvalidOperationException();
                 }