diff --git a/services-custom/dynamodb-enhanced/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/enhanced/dynamodb/internal/converter/attribute/ByteArrayAttributeConverter.java b/services-custom/dynamodb-enhanced/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/enhanced/dynamodb/internal/converter/attribute/ByteArrayAttributeConverter.java
index 2cf110a6814..442b30f1de1 100644
--- a/services-custom/dynamodb-enhanced/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/enhanced/dynamodb/internal/converter/attribute/ByteArrayAttributeConverter.java
+++ b/services-custom/dynamodb-enhanced/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/enhanced/dynamodb/internal/converter/attribute/ByteArrayAttributeConverter.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public AttributeValue transformFrom(byte[] input) {
     @Override
     public byte[] transformTo(AttributeValue input) {
         if (input.b() != null) {
-            return EnhancedAttributeValue.fromBytes(input.b()).convert(VISITOR);
+            return input.b().asByteArray();
         }
 
         return EnhancedAttributeValue.fromAttributeValue(input).convert(VISITOR);
diff --git a/services-custom/dynamodb-enhanced/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/enhanced/dynamodb/internal/converter/attribute/StringAttributeConverter.java b/services-custom/dynamodb-enhanced/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/enhanced/dynamodb/internal/converter/attribute/StringAttributeConverter.java
index 4d8da920d6a..590f1362d99 100644
--- a/services-custom/dynamodb-enhanced/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/enhanced/dynamodb/internal/converter/attribute/StringAttributeConverter.java
+++ b/services-custom/dynamodb-enhanced/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/enhanced/dynamodb/internal/converter/attribute/StringAttributeConverter.java
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ public AttributeValue transformFrom(String input) {
 
     @Override
     public String transformTo(AttributeValue input) {
-        return Visitor.toString(input);
+        if (input.s() != null) {
+            return input.s();
+        }
+        return EnhancedAttributeValue.fromAttributeValue(input).convert(Visitor.INSTANCE);
     }
 
     private static final class Visitor extends TypeConvertingVisitor<String> {