diff --git a/pkg/cmd/generate/class.go b/pkg/cmd/generate/class.go
index 996fb480..be2f8391 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/generate/class.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/generate/class.go
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ func generateJavaModuleColumnSetter[F any](className string, methodName string,
 	switch {
 	case bitwidth == 1:
 		i1Builder.WriteIndentedString(fieldName, ".write(val);\n")
+	case bitwidth <= 8:
+		i1Builder.WriteIndentedString(fieldName, ".write((byte) val);\n")
 	case bitwidth <= 63:
 		i1Builder.WriteIndentedString(fieldName, ".write(val);\n")
 	default:
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/generate/snippets.go b/pkg/cmd/generate/snippets.go
index bee9511f..dbaefcf0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/generate/snippets.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/generate/snippets.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ const javaColumn string = `
     */
    public interface Column {
       public void write(boolean value);
+      public void write(byte value);
       public void write(long value);
       public void write(byte[] value);
    }