diff --git a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
index dd9a13ff355..fdbe5de41c1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
@@ -502,6 +502,13 @@ void QMessageAuthenticationCode::addData(const QByteArray &data)
     addData(qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(data));
 }
 
+QByteArray QMessageAuthenticationCode::hash(const QByteArray &msg, const QByteArray &key,
+                                            QCryptographicHash::Algorithm method)
+{
+    return hash(qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(msg),
+                qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(key), method);
+}
+
 #include "qstring.h"
 
 qsizetype QString::toUcs4_helper(const ushort *uc, qsizetype length, uint *out)
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
index ac0ee44860e..8f616e966d1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qcryptographichash.cpp
@@ -1436,8 +1436,10 @@ void QMessageAuthenticationCodePrivate::finalizeUnchecked() noexcept
 /*!
     Returns the authentication code for the message \a message using
     the key \a key and the method \a method.
+
+    \include qcryptographichash.cpp {qba-to-qbav-6.6}
 */
-QByteArray QMessageAuthenticationCode::hash(const QByteArray &message, const QByteArray &key,
+QByteArray QMessageAuthenticationCode::hash(QByteArrayView message, QByteArrayView key,
                                             QCryptographicHash::Algorithm method)
 {
     QMessageAuthenticationCodePrivate mac(method);
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qmessageauthenticationcode.h b/src/corelib/tools/qmessageauthenticationcode.h
index 4fd811f74b8..9e7f9dfbdb0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qmessageauthenticationcode.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qmessageauthenticationcode.h
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ public:
     QByteArrayView resultView() const noexcept;
     QByteArray result() const;
 
+#if QT_CORE_REMOVED_SINCE(6, 6)
     static QByteArray hash(const QByteArray &message, const QByteArray &key,
                            QCryptographicHash::Algorithm method);
+#endif
+    static QByteArray hash(QByteArrayView message, QByteArrayView key,
+                           QCryptographicHash::Algorithm method);
 
 private:
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(QMessageAuthenticationCode)