diff --git a/codec_test.go b/codec_test.go
index a2816fa..d27bbad 100644
--- a/codec_test.go
+++ b/codec_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestFrameFlatten(t *testing.T) {
 		Name: &codec.Frame{Data: []byte("test")},
 	}
 
-	buf, err := NewCodec().Marshal(s)
+	buf, err := NewCodec(codec.Flatten(true)).Marshal(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestStructByTag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	val := &Str{Name: []string{"first", "second"}}
 
-	c := NewCodec()
+	c := NewCodec(codec.Flatten(true))
 	buf, err := c.Marshal(val)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -60,15 +60,3 @@ func TestStructByTag(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid unmarshal: %v", nval)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestReadBody(t *testing.T) {
-	s := &struct {
-		Name string
-	}{}
-	c := NewCodec()
-	b := bytes.NewReader(nil)
-	err := c.ReadBody(b, s)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 520f55d..30bbf8c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ module go.unistack.org/micro-codec-msgpack/v3
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5
-	go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.3.1
-	go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.5
+	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1
+	go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.4.1
+	go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.88
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 07cf617..69d40a1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210312221358-fbca930ec8ed/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
-github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -37,9 +36,7 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QD
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
-github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 h1:ZK/5VhkoX835RikCHpSUJV9a+S3e1zLh59YnyWeBW+0=
 github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9/go.mod h1:Nm8234We1lq6iB9OmlgNv3nH91XLLVZHCDayfA3xq+E=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
@@ -47,33 +44,29 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMyw
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7 h1:81/ik6ipDQS2aGcBfIN5dHDB36BwrStyeAQquSYCV4o=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7/go.mod h1:n+brtR0CgQNWTVd5ZUFpTBC8YFBDLK/h/bpaJ8/DtOE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0/go.mod h1:BDjrQk3hbvj6Nolgz8mAMFbcEtjT1g+wF4CSlocrBnw=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13/go.mod h1:4lJ1jqUDcsbIECGy0RUJAXNIhg+6ocWgb1ALK2O4oXg=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1 h1:Fmg33tUaq4/8ym9TJN1x7sLJnHVwhP33CNkpYV/7rwI=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
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 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
-github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
-github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:3Qf8kWWT7OJRJbdiICTKqZju1ZixQ/KpMGzzAfe6+WQ=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
-github.com/silas/dag v0.0.0-20211117232152-9d50aa809f35/go.mod h1:7RTUFBdIRC9nZ7/3RyRNH1bdqIShrDejd1YbLwgPS+I=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
 github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.2.0/go.mod h1:IBiWB2sKIp3wVVQ3Y035++gc+knqhUQag1KpM8ahLw8=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 h1:RP3t2pwF7cMEbC1dqtB6poj3niw/9gnV4Cjg5oW5gtY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5 h1:5gO0H1iULLWGhs2H5tbAHIZTV8/cYafcFOr9znI5mJU=
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5/go.mod h1:7xyJ9e+0+9SaZT0Wt1RGleJXzli6Q/V5KbhBonMG9jc=
+github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 h1:cQriyiUvjTwOHg8QZaPihLWeRAAVoCpE00IUPn0Bjt8=
+github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1/go.mod h1:GaZTsDaehaPpQVyxrf5mtQlH+pc21PIudVV/E3rRQok=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 h1:y09buUbR+b5aycVFQs/g70pqKVZNBmxwAhO7/IwNM9g=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:Wri+At7QHww0WTrCBeu4J6bNtoV6mEfg5OIWRZA9qds=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
@@ -82,8 +75,11 @@ github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQ
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.3.1 h1:nQ0MtWvP2G3QrpOgawVOPhpZZYkq6umTGDqs8FxJYIo=
 go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.3.1/go.mod h1:cwRyv8uInM2I7EbU7O8Fx2Ls3N90Uw9UCCcq4olOdfE=
-go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.5 h1:m71XxBa3eOK83bBof0qGU1Fkfo0zYY7gXrtjdE7S6U4=
-go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.5/go.mod h1:gI4RkJKHLPW7KV6h4+ZBOZD997MRvFRXMPQIHpozikI=
+go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.4.1 h1:UTjLSRz2YZuaHk9iSlVqqsA50JQNAEK2ZFboGqtEa9Q=
+go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.4.1/go.mod h1:okx/cnOhzuCX0ggl/vToatbCupi0O44diiiLLsZ93Zo=
+go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.23 h1:4BE7NwwyJbCWOfzjzztamBxJSgRHHW1uQtMGNDLHG3s=
+go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.88 h1:MxlzP+77Y6Kphb3lzHxROL4XfE/WdCQMQpnPv4D9Z8U=
+go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.88/go.mod h1:erMgt3Bl7vQQ0e9UpQyR5NlLiZ9pKeEJ9+1tfYFaqUg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
@@ -124,7 +120,6 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190226205152-f727befe758c/go.mod h1:9Yl7xja0Znq3iFh3
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190311212946-11955173bddd/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3onu1FJEFr0SW1gC7cKk1uF8kGRs=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190524140312-2c0ae7006135/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 h1:go1bK/D/BFZV2I8cIQd1NKEZ+0owSTG1fDTci4IqFcE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
@@ -152,17 +147,17 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.3/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200615113413-eeeca48fe776/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0 h1:hjy8E9ON/egN1tAYqKb61G10WtihqetD4sz2H+8nIeA=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
diff --git a/msgpack.go b/msgpack.go
index b720c5d..a6122e3 100644
--- a/msgpack.go
+++ b/msgpack.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 package msgpack // import "go.unistack.org/micro-codec-msgpack/v3"
 
 import (
-	"io"
+	"reflect"
 
 	"github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5"
 	pb "go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3/codec"
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ type msgpackCodec struct {
 	opts codec.Options
 }
 
-const (
-	flattenTag = "flatten"
-)
-
 func (c *msgpackCodec) Marshal(v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option) ([]byte, error) {
 	if v == nil {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -28,8 +24,10 @@ func (c *msgpackCodec) Marshal(v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option) ([]byte, err
 		o(&options)
 	}
 
-	if nv, err := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, flattenTag); err == nil {
-		v = nv
+	if options.Flatten {
+		if nv, err := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, "flatten"); err == nil {
+			v = nv
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch m := v.(type) {
@@ -52,8 +50,15 @@ func (c *msgpackCodec) Unmarshal(b []byte, v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option)
 		o(&options)
 	}
 
-	if nv, err := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, flattenTag); err == nil {
-		v = nv
+	if options.Flatten {
+		if nv, err := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, "flatten"); err == nil {
+			v = nv
+			rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+			if rv.Kind() != reflect.Pointer &&
+				rv.Kind() != reflect.Map {
+				v = reflect.New(rv.Type()).Interface()
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch m := v.(type) {
@@ -68,42 +73,6 @@ func (c *msgpackCodec) Unmarshal(b []byte, v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option)
 	return msgpack.Unmarshal(b, v)
 }
 
-func (c *msgpackCodec) ReadHeader(conn io.Reader, m *codec.Message, t codec.MessageType) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c *msgpackCodec) ReadBody(conn io.Reader, v interface{}) error {
-	if v == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	buf, err := io.ReadAll(conn)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if len(buf) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, codec.DefaultTagName, flattenTag); nerr == nil {
-		v = nv
-	}
-
-	return c.Unmarshal(buf, v)
-}
-
-func (c *msgpackCodec) Write(conn io.Writer, m *codec.Message, v interface{}) error {
-	if v == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	buf, err := c.Marshal(v)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	_, err = conn.Write(buf)
-	return err
-}
-
 func (c *msgpackCodec) String() string {
 	return "msgpack"
 }