diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0dd1d77c8189c4..dcb0d8590572c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2571,7 +2571,6 @@ version = "0.14.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
 dependencies = [
- "serde",
  "typenum",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -5446,6 +5445,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde-big-array"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11fc7cc2c76d73e0f27ee52abbd64eec84d46f370c88371120433196934e4b7f"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_bytes"
 version = "0.11.15"
@@ -6986,7 +6994,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "bs58",
  "bv",
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
  "im",
  "log",
  "memmap2",
@@ -8330,7 +8337,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek 4.1.3",
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "ed25519-dalek",
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
  "getrandom 0.1.16",
  "hex",
  "itertools 0.12.1",
@@ -8526,17 +8532,21 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "solana-signature"
 version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "bincode",
  "bs58",
  "curve25519-dalek 4.1.3",
  "ed25519-dalek",
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
+ "serde-big-array",
  "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
  "solana-frozen-abi",
  "solana-frozen-abi-macro",
  "solana-program",
  "solana-sanitize",
+ "solana-short-vec",
+ "solana-signature",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0a69c87500c164..ca41e8d147d636 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ fs_extra = "1.3.0"
 futures = "0.3.31"
 futures-util = "0.3.29"
 gag = "1.0.0"
-generic-array = { version = "0.14.7", default-features = false }
 gethostname = "0.2.3"
 getrandom = "0.2.10"
 goauth = "0.13.1"
@@ -385,6 +384,7 @@ scopeguard = "1.2.0"
 semver = "1.0.23"
 seqlock = "0.2.0"
 serde = "1.0.215" # must match the serde_derive version, see https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2584#issuecomment-1685252251
+serde-big-array = "0.5.1"
 serde_bytes = "0.11.15"
 serde_derive = "1.0.215" # must match the serde version, see https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2584#issuecomment-1685252251
 serde_json = "1.0.132"
diff --git a/core/src/consensus/tower1_7_14.rs b/core/src/consensus/tower1_7_14.rs
index fb87a475c520b0..e792d510587abe 100644
--- a/core/src/consensus/tower1_7_14.rs
+++ b/core/src/consensus/tower1_7_14.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub struct Tower1_7_14 {
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "frozen-abi",
     derive(AbiExample),
-    frozen_abi(digest = "2ngfAgnN19JwF6FnFYPYp2aHQiZnnjzaYP1vSRMRiSaq")
+    frozen_abi(digest = "2bgXEjDjQqkHrXtffNA6jusFLNt4rJBMVEsRctYABnn1")
 )]
 #[derive(Default, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct SavedTower1_7_14 {
diff --git a/core/src/consensus/tower_storage.rs b/core/src/consensus/tower_storage.rs
index 6b25ab44292ed2..a84931d9692236 100644
--- a/core/src/consensus/tower_storage.rs
+++ b/core/src/consensus/tower_storage.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl From<SavedTower1_7_14> for SavedTowerVersions {
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "frozen-abi",
     derive(AbiExample),
-    frozen_abi(digest = "JBXfVQ6BXHBGSNY919yEkXN4H7XxmAMA7QcGrf7DiWHP")
+    frozen_abi(digest = "2XiuhmDfRzWGdwZdMbpH5NcjGnTRi9zY1XTNHSknddA7")
 )]
 #[derive(Default, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct SavedTower {
diff --git a/core/src/repair/serve_repair.rs b/core/src/repair/serve_repair.rs
index 426eb00155e03b..1e6b7635a0f5a6 100644
--- a/core/src/repair/serve_repair.rs
+++ b/core/src/repair/serve_repair.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl AncestorHashesRepairType {
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "frozen-abi",
     derive(AbiEnumVisitor, AbiExample),
-    frozen_abi(digest = "9SdneX58ekpqLJBzUwfwJsK2fZc9mN4vTcaS4temEjkP")
+    frozen_abi(digest = "GPS6e6pgUdbXLwXN6XHTqrUVMwAL2YKLPDawgMi5hHzi")
 )]
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub enum AncestorHashesResponse {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ pub(crate) type Ping = ping_pong::Ping<[u8; REPAIR_PING_TOKEN_SIZE]>;
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "frozen-abi",
     derive(AbiEnumVisitor, AbiExample),
-    frozen_abi(digest = "3E2R8jiSt9QfVHdX3MgW3UdeNWfor7zNjJcLJLz2K1JY")
+    frozen_abi(digest = "9KN64WUT7XDYj9zZopS1hztGyAP9y4N4QznsyC4mqsGs")
 )]
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub enum RepairProtocol {
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ fn discard_malformed_repair_requests(
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "frozen-abi",
     derive(AbiEnumVisitor, AbiExample),
-    frozen_abi(digest = "CpKVYghdpMDRMiGjZpa71dcnB7rCVHLVogZbB3AGDKAK")
+    frozen_abi(digest = "9A6ae44qpdT7PaxiDZbybMM2mewnSnPs3C4CxhpbbYuV")
 )]
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub(crate) enum RepairResponse {
diff --git a/gossip/src/protocol.rs b/gossip/src/protocol.rs
index 053a199c053d12..fd874a4401a9ae 100644
--- a/gossip/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/gossip/src/protocol.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub(crate) const PULL_RESPONSE_MIN_SERIALIZED_SIZE: usize = 161;
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "frozen-abi",
     derive(AbiExample, AbiEnumVisitor),
-    frozen_abi(digest = "DBz7mUjknfMiea98WMx9b5jYyT9X9bmQV2JxmMN1VggR")
+    frozen_abi(digest = "D8HvpYCkdo6JweUW61WQ9ZQH2AFvzh3G1qthicnvz4E8")
 )]
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
diff --git a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
index af34c3be761c26..7d7742e93108d4 100644
--- a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
+++ b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
@@ -1930,7 +1930,6 @@ version = "0.14.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
 dependencies = [
- "serde",
  "typenum",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -4596,6 +4595,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde-big-array"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11fc7cc2c76d73e0f27ee52abbd64eec84d46f370c88371120433196934e4b7f"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_bytes"
 version = "0.11.15"
@@ -7228,9 +7236,9 @@ version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58",
  "ed25519-dalek",
- "generic-array",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
+ "serde-big-array",
  "serde_derive",
  "solana-sanitize",
 ]
diff --git a/sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/Cargo.toml
index fb69474c16a700..25dd65176aa21d 100644
--- a/sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc"], optional = true }
 curve25519-dalek = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 digest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ed25519-dalek = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-generic-array = { workspace = true, features = [
-    "serde",
-    "more_lengths",
-], optional = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 libsecp256k1 = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["hmac"] }
diff --git a/sdk/frozen-abi/Cargo.toml b/sdk/frozen-abi/Cargo.toml
index b85de97dee3b0f..8ac0d0282b3b02 100644
--- a/sdk/frozen-abi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/frozen-abi/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ solana-frozen-abi-macro = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "solana"))'.dependencies]
-generic-array = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "more_lengths"] }
 im = { workspace = true, features = ["rayon", "serde"] }
 memmap2 = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/sdk/frozen-abi/src/abi_example.rs b/sdk/frozen-abi/src/abi_example.rs
index b20a38e0eeb68c..63b3c1d68c28d6 100644
--- a/sdk/frozen-abi/src/abi_example.rs
+++ b/sdk/frozen-abi/src/abi_example.rs
@@ -219,15 +219,6 @@ atomic_example_impls! { AtomicI64 }
 atomic_example_impls! { AtomicIsize }
 atomic_example_impls! { AtomicBool }
 
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "solana"))]
-use generic_array::{ArrayLength, GenericArray};
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "solana"))]
-impl<T: Default, U: ArrayLength<T>> AbiExample for GenericArray<T, U> {
-    fn example() -> Self {
-        Self::default()
-    }
-}
-
 use bv::{BitVec, BlockType};
 impl<T: BlockType> AbiExample for BitVec<T> {
     fn example() -> Self {
diff --git a/sdk/signature/Cargo.toml b/sdk/signature/Cargo.toml
index b01518d9692d8e..bf312618a450da 100644
--- a/sdk/signature/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/signature/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ edition = { workspace = true }
 [dependencies]
 bs58 = { workspace = true }
 ed25519-dalek = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-generic-array = { workspace = true, features = ["more_lengths"] }
 rand = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+serde-big-array = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde_derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 solana-frozen-abi = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
     "frozen-abi",
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@ solana-frozen-abi-macro = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
 solana-sanitize = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+bincode = { workspace = true }
 curve25519-dalek = { workspace = true }
 ed25519-dalek = { workspace = true }
+serde_derive = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
 solana-program = { workspace = true }
+solana-short-vec = { workspace = true }
+solana-signature = { path = ".", features = ["serde"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ frozen-abi = [
     "std"
 ]
 rand = ["dep:rand"]
-serde = ["dep:serde", "dep:serde_derive", "generic-array/serde"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "dep:serde_derive", "dep:serde-big-array"]
 std = []
 verify = ["dep:ed25519-dalek"]
 
diff --git a/sdk/signature/src/lib.rs b/sdk/signature/src/lib.rs
index 7e793d75603cf1..30548a665859f8 100644
--- a/sdk/signature/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sdk/signature/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "frozen-abi", feature(min_specialization))]
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "verify"))]
 use core::convert::TryInto;
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use {
-    core::{
-        fmt,
-        str::{from_utf8, FromStr},
-    },
-    generic_array::{typenum::U64, GenericArray},
+use core::{
+    fmt,
+    str::{from_utf8, FromStr},
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 extern crate std;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use std::{error::Error, vec::Vec};
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use {
+    serde_big_array::BigArray,
+    serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+};
 
 /// Number of bytes in a signature
 pub const SIGNATURE_BYTES: usize = 64;
@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@ const MAX_BASE58_SIGNATURE_LEN: usize = 88;
 
 #[repr(transparent)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "frozen-abi", derive(solana_frozen_abi_macro::AbiExample))]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Deserialize, Serialize))]
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
-pub struct Signature(GenericArray<u8, U64>);
+pub struct Signature(
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(with = "BigArray"))] [u8; SIGNATURE_BYTES],
+);
+
+impl Default for Signature {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self([0u8; 64])
+    }
+}
 
 impl solana_sanitize::Sanitize for Signature {}
 
@@ -85,14 +93,14 @@ impl fmt::Display for Signature {
 
 impl From<Signature> for [u8; 64] {
     fn from(signature: Signature) -> Self {
-        signature.0.into()
+        signature.0
     }
 }
 
 impl From<[u8; SIGNATURE_BYTES]> for Signature {
     #[inline]
     fn from(signature: [u8; SIGNATURE_BYTES]) -> Self {
-        Self(GenericArray::from(signature))
+        Self(signature)
     }
 }
 
@@ -156,7 +164,11 @@ impl FromStr for Signature {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use {super::*, solana_program::pubkey::Pubkey};
+    use {
+        super::*,
+        serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize},
+        solana_program::pubkey::Pubkey,
+    };
 
     #[test]
     fn test_off_curve_pubkey_verify_fails() {
@@ -178,4 +190,38 @@ mod tests {
         // can do is `is_err()` here.
         assert!(signature.verify_verbose(pubkey.as_ref(), &[0u8]).is_err());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_short_vec() {
+        #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq)]
+        struct SigShortVec {
+            #[serde(with = "solana_short_vec")]
+            pub signatures: Vec<Signature>,
+        }
+        let sig = Signature::from([
+            120, 138, 162, 185, 59, 209, 241, 157, 71, 157, 74, 131, 4, 87, 54, 28, 38, 180, 222,
+            82, 64, 62, 61, 62, 22, 46, 17, 203, 187, 136, 62, 43, 11, 38, 235, 17, 239, 82, 240,
+            139, 130, 217, 227, 214, 9, 242, 141, 223, 94, 29, 184, 110, 62, 32, 87, 137, 63, 139,
+            100, 221, 20, 137, 4, 5,
+        ]);
+        let to_serialize = SigShortVec {
+            signatures: std::vec![sig],
+        };
+        let json_serialized = serde_json::to_string(&to_serialize).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(json_serialized, "{\"signatures\":[[1],[120,138,162,185,59,209,241,157,71,157,74,131,4,87,54,28,38,180,222,82,64,62,61,62,22,46,17,203,187,136,62,43,11,38,235,17,239,82,240,139,130,217,227,214,9,242,141,223,94,29,184,110,62,32,87,137,63,139,100,221,20,137,4,5]]}");
+        let json_deserialized: SigShortVec = serde_json::from_str(&json_serialized).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(json_deserialized, to_serialize);
+        let bincode_serialized = bincode::serialize(&to_serialize).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            bincode_serialized,
+            [
+                1, 120, 138, 162, 185, 59, 209, 241, 157, 71, 157, 74, 131, 4, 87, 54, 28, 38, 180,
+                222, 82, 64, 62, 61, 62, 22, 46, 17, 203, 187, 136, 62, 43, 11, 38, 235, 17, 239,
+                82, 240, 139, 130, 217, 227, 214, 9, 242, 141, 223, 94, 29, 184, 110, 62, 32, 87,
+                137, 63, 139, 100, 221, 20, 137, 4, 5
+            ]
+        );
+        let bincode_deserialized: SigShortVec = bincode::deserialize(&bincode_serialized).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(bincode_deserialized, to_serialize);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/src/transaction/mod.rs b/sdk/src/transaction/mod.rs
index f0fdfce2346d45..4d2d0356235aa8 100644
--- a/sdk/src/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, TransactionError>;
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "frozen-abi",
     derive(AbiExample),
-    frozen_abi(digest = "686AAhRhjXpqKidmJEdHHcJCL9XxCxebu8Xmku9shp83")
+    frozen_abi(digest = "GESn6AYYNhpNfzJXdQ6kGjqz4VjpMw3ye9rghqaEqks7")
 )]
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Default, Eq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Transaction {