diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e9fba28..bce848bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test = []
 parallel = ["rayon"]
 
 [dependencies]
-openfhe = { git = "https://github.com/MachinaIO/openfhe-rs.git", branch = "refactor2" }
+openfhe = { git = "https://github.com/MachinaIO/openfhe-rs.git", branch = "feat/get_coeffs_to_bytes_perf" }
 digest = "0.10"
 num-bigint = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 num-traits = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/poly/dcrt/poly.rs b/src/poly/dcrt/poly.rs
index 08cff0bb..6c32f4dd 100644
--- a/src/poly/dcrt/poly.rs
+++ b/src/poly/dcrt/poly.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use num_bigint::BigUint;
 use openfhe::{
     cxx::UniquePtr,
     ffi::{self, DCRTPoly as DCRTPolyCxx},
+    parse_coefficients_bytes,
 };
 
 use std::{
@@ -75,11 +76,11 @@ impl Poly for DCRTPoly {
     type Params = DCRTPolyParams;
 
     fn coeffs(&self) -> Vec<Self::Elem> {
-        let coeffs = self.ptr_poly.GetCoefficients();
-        let modulus = self.ptr_poly.GetModulus();
-        parallel_iter!(coeffs)
-            .map(|s| FinRingElem::from_str(&s, &modulus).expect("invalid string"))
-            .collect()
+        let poly_encoding = self.ptr_poly.GetCoefficientsBytes();
+        let parsed_values = parse_coefficients_bytes(&poly_encoding);
+        let coeffs = parsed_values.coefficients;
+        let modulus = parsed_values.modulus;
+        parallel_iter!(coeffs).map(|s| FinRingElem::new(s, Arc::new(modulus.clone()))).collect()
     }
 
     fn from_coeffs(params: &Self::Params, coeffs: &[Self::Elem]) -> Self {