diff --git a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
index 663435a0d2d..96905cd5f92 100644
--- a/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/compat/removed_api.cpp
@@ -1167,6 +1167,16 @@ bool QUuid::operator>(const QUuid &other) const noexcept
     return is_gt(compareThreeWay(*this, other));
 }
 
+QUuid QUuid::createUuidV3(const QUuid &ns, const QByteArray &baseData) noexcept
+{
+    return createUuidV3(ns, qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(baseData));
+}
+
+QUuid QUuid::createUuidV5(const QUuid &ns, const QByteArray &baseData) noexcept
+{
+    return createUuidV5(ns, qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(baseData));
+}
+
 #include "qxmlstream.h" // inlined API
 
 // #include "qotherheader.h"
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/quuid.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/quuid.cpp
index 99f8ee30b0d..b3fad47ee69 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/quuid.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/quuid.cpp
@@ -532,11 +532,14 @@ QUuid QUuid::fromString(QAnyStringView text) noexcept
 
 /*!
   \since 5.0
-  \fn QUuid QUuid::createUuidV3(const QUuid &ns, const QByteArray &baseData);
+  \fn QUuid QUuid::createUuidV3(QUuid ns, QByteArrayView baseData);
 
   This function returns a new UUID with variant QUuid::DCE and version QUuid::Md5.
   \a ns is the namespace and \a baseData is the basic data as described by RFC 4122.
 
+  \note In Qt versions prior to 6.8, this function took QByteArray, not
+  QByteArrayView.
+
   \sa variant(), version(), createUuidV5()
 */
 
@@ -552,11 +555,14 @@ QUuid QUuid::fromString(QAnyStringView text) noexcept
 
 /*!
   \since 5.0
-  \fn QUuid QUuid::createUuidV5(const QUuid &ns, const QByteArray &baseData);
+  \fn QUuid QUuid::createUuidV5(QUuid ns, QByteArrayView baseData);
 
   This function returns a new UUID with variant QUuid::DCE and version QUuid::Sha1.
   \a ns is the namespace and \a baseData is the basic data as described by RFC 4122.
 
+  \note In Qt versions prior to 6.8, this function took QByteArray, not
+  QByteArrayView.
+
   \sa variant(), version(), createUuidV3()
 */
 
@@ -570,13 +576,13 @@ QUuid QUuid::fromString(QAnyStringView text) noexcept
   \sa variant(), version(), createUuidV3()
 */
 #ifndef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-QUuid QUuid::createUuidV3(const QUuid &ns, const QByteArray &baseData) noexcept
+QUuid QUuid::createUuidV3(QUuid ns, QByteArrayView baseData) noexcept
 {
     return createFromName(ns, baseData, QCryptographicHash::Md5, 3);
 }
 #endif
 
-QUuid QUuid::createUuidV5(const QUuid &ns, const QByteArray &baseData) noexcept
+QUuid QUuid::createUuidV5(QUuid ns, QByteArrayView baseData) noexcept
 {
     return createFromName(ns, baseData, QCryptographicHash::Sha1, 5);
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/quuid.h b/src/corelib/plugin/quuid.h
index 580784723c7..591d9b27c43 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/quuid.h
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/quuid.h
@@ -220,20 +220,27 @@ public:
 #endif
 public:
     static QUuid createUuid();
-#ifndef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
+#if QT_CORE_REMOVED_SINCE(6, 8)
     static QUuid createUuidV3(const QUuid &ns, const QByteArray &baseData) noexcept;
-#endif
     static QUuid createUuidV5(const QUuid &ns, const QByteArray &baseData) noexcept;
+#endif
+    static QUuid createUuidV5(QUuid ns, QByteArrayView baseData) noexcept;
 #ifndef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
+    static QUuid createUuidV3(QUuid ns, QByteArrayView baseData) noexcept;
+#if !QT_CORE_REMOVED_SINCE(6, 8)
+    Q_WEAK_OVERLOAD
+#endif
     static inline QUuid createUuidV3(const QUuid &ns, const QString &baseData)
     {
-        return QUuid::createUuidV3(ns, baseData.toUtf8());
+        return QUuid::createUuidV3(ns, qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(baseData.toUtf8()));
     }
 #endif
-
+#if !QT_CORE_REMOVED_SINCE(6, 8)
+    Q_WEAK_OVERLOAD
+#endif
     static inline QUuid createUuidV5(const QUuid &ns, const QString &baseData)
     {
-        return QUuid::createUuidV5(ns, baseData.toUtf8());
+        return QUuid::createUuidV5(ns, qToByteArrayViewIgnoringNull(baseData.toUtf8()));
     }
 
     QUuid::Variant variant() const noexcept;