diff --git a/packages/file/lib/src/forwarding/forwarding_file.dart b/packages/file/lib/src/forwarding/forwarding_file.dart
index 3d76af0..de266ae 100644
--- a/packages/file/lib/src/forwarding/forwarding_file.dart
+++ b/packages/file/lib/src/forwarding/forwarding_file.dart
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@
       delegate.openSync(mode: mode);
 
   @override
-  Stream<Uint8List> openRead([int start, int end]) =>
-      delegate.openRead(start, end).transform(const _ToUint8List());
+  Stream<Uint8List> openRead([int start, int end]) => delegate
+      .openRead(start, end)
+      .cast<List<int>>()
+      .transform(const _ToUint8List());
 
   @override
   IOSink openWrite({
diff --git a/packages/file/pubspec.yaml b/packages/file/pubspec.yaml
index dc7ccdd..9cdeed2 100644
--- a/packages/file/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/file/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: file
-version: 5.0.8
+version: 5.0.8+1
 authors:
 - Matan Lurey <matanl@google.com>
 - Yegor Jbanov <yjbanov@google.com>