diff --git a/Sources/momento/TopicClient.swift b/Sources/momento/TopicClient.swift
index e7a17e9..bd9cc5b 100644
--- a/Sources/momento/TopicClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/momento/TopicClient.swift
@@ -69,7 +69,39 @@ public class TopicClient: TopicClientProtocol {
             )
         }
     }
-    
+
+    public func publish(
+        cacheName: String,
+        topicName: String,
+        value: Data
+    ) async -> TopicPublishResponse {
+        if cacheName.count < 1 {
+            return TopicPublishError(
+                error: InvalidArgumentError(message: "Must provide a cache name")
+            )
+        }
+        if topicName.count < 1 {
+            return TopicPublishError(
+                error: InvalidArgumentError(message: "Must provide a topic name")
+            )
+        }
+        do {
+            let result = try await self.pubsubClient.publish(
+                cacheName: cacheName,
+                topicName: topicName,
+                value: value
+            )
+            return result
+        } catch {
+            return TopicPublishError(
+                error: UnknownError(
+                    message: "Unknown error from publish",
+                    innerException: error
+                )
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
     public func subscribe(cacheName: String, topicName: String) async -> TopicSubscribeResponse {
         if cacheName.count < 1 {
             return TopicSubscribeError(
diff --git a/Sources/momento/internal/PubsubClient.swift b/Sources/momento/internal/PubsubClient.swift
index 3a67010..2fc7e3c 100644
--- a/Sources/momento/internal/PubsubClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/momento/internal/PubsubClient.swift
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import Foundation
 import GRPC
 import NIO
 import NIOHPACK
@@ -50,7 +51,13 @@ protocol PubsubClientProtocol {
         topicName: String,
         value: String
     ) async throws -> TopicPublishResponse
-    
+
+    func publish(
+        cacheName: String,
+        topicName: String,
+        value: Data
+    ) async throws -> TopicPublishResponse
+
     func subscribe(
         cacheName: String,
         topicName: String
@@ -117,6 +124,22 @@ class PubsubClient: PubsubClientProtocol {
         request.cacheName = cacheName
         request.topic = topicName
         request.value.text = value
+        return await self.doPublish(request: request)
+    }
+
+    func publish(
+        cacheName: String,
+        topicName: String,
+        value: Data
+    ) async -> TopicPublishResponse {
+        var request = CacheClient_Pubsub__PublishRequest()
+        request.cacheName = cacheName
+        request.topic = topicName
+        request.value.binary = value
+        return await doPublish(request: request)
+    }
+
+    private func doPublish(request: CacheClient_Pubsub__PublishRequest) async -> TopicPublishResponse {
         do {
             let result = try await self.client.publish(request)
             // Successful publish returns client_sdk_swift.CacheClient_Pubsub__Empty
diff --git a/Tests/client-sdk-swiftTests/client_sdk_swiftTests.swift b/Tests/client-sdk-swiftTests/client_sdk_swiftTests.swift
index 1469116..07918fc 100644
--- a/Tests/client-sdk-swiftTests/client_sdk_swiftTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/client-sdk-swiftTests/client_sdk_swiftTests.swift
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ final class client_sdk_swiftTests: XCTestCase {
             pubResp is TopicPublishSuccess,
             "Unexpected response: \((pubResp as! TopicPublishError).description)"
         )
-        try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 1000)
         
         let subscription = (subResp as! TopicSubscribeSuccess).subscription
         for try await item in subscription {
@@ -141,7 +140,52 @@ final class client_sdk_swiftTests: XCTestCase {
             XCTAssertEqual(value, "publishing and subscribing!", "unexpected topic subscription item value: \(value)")
             break
         }
-        
+    }
+
+    func testTopicClientPublishesAndSubscribesBinary() async throws {
+        let creds = try CredentialProvider.fromEnvironmentVariable(envVariableName: "MOMENTO_API_KEY")
+        let client = TopicClient(configuration: TopicConfigurations.Default.latest(), credentialProvider: creds)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(client)
+
+        let subResp = await client.subscribe(
+            cacheName: "test-cache",
+            topicName: "test-topic"
+        )
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            subResp is TopicSubscribeSuccess,
+            "Unexpected response: \((subResp as! TopicSubscribeError).description)"
+        )
+
+        try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 1000)
+        let binaryValue = "publishing and subscribing!".data(using: .utf8)!
+        let pubResp = await client.publish(
+            cacheName: "test-cache",
+            topicName: "test-topic",
+            value: binaryValue
+        )
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            pubResp is TopicPublishSuccess,
+            "Unexpected response: \((pubResp as! TopicPublishError).description)"
+        )
+
+        let subscription = (subResp as! TopicSubscribeSuccess).subscription
+        for try await item in subscription {
+            print("Received item: \(String(describing: item))")
+            XCTAssertTrue(
+                item is TopicSubscriptionItemBinary,
+                "received subscription item that was not binary: \(String(describing: item))"
+            )
+
+            let value = (item as! TopicSubscriptionItemBinary).value
+            print("Received value: \(String(decoding: value, as: UTF8.self))")
+            XCTAssertEqual(
+                value,
+                binaryValue,
+                "unexpected topic subscription item value: \(value)"
+            )
+            break
+        }
+
         client.close()
         print("closed subscription")
     }