diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 17c4062d..ef523a26 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -213,6 +213,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "minicbor"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a20020e8e2d1881d8736f64011bb5ff99f1db9947ce3089706945c8915695cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "minicbor-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "minicbor-derive"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8608fb1c805b5b6b3d5ab7bd95c40c396df622b64d77b2d621a5eae1eed050ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -512,6 +532,7 @@ version = "0.0.6"
 dependencies = [
  "flat-rs",
  "hex",
+ "minicbor",
  "peg",
  "pretty",
  "proptest",
diff --git a/crates/uplc/Cargo.toml b/crates/uplc/Cargo.toml
index 5dbe082e..8c917ca3 100644
--- a/crates/uplc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/uplc/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ exclude = ["test_data/*"]
 [dependencies]
 flat-rs = { path = "../flat", version = "0.0.6" }
 hex = "0.4.3"
+minicbor = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["std"] }
 peg = "0.8.0"
 pretty = "0.11.3"
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
diff --git a/crates/uplc/src/flat.rs b/crates/uplc/src/flat.rs
index 2e7f9e77..497bccbf 100644
--- a/crates/uplc/src/flat.rs
+++ b/crates/uplc/src/flat.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,14 @@ where
         self.flat()
     }
 
-    pub fn flat_hex(&self) -> Result<String, en::Error> {
-        let bytes = self.flat()?;
+    pub fn to_cbor(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, en::Error> {
+        let flat_bytes = self.flat()?;
+
+        minicbor::to_vec(&flat_bytes).map_err(|err| en::Error::Message(err.to_string()))
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_hex(&self) -> Result<String, en::Error> {
+        let bytes = self.to_cbor()?;
 
         let hex = hex::encode(&bytes);