diff --git a/src/common/linear_disk_cache.h b/src/common/linear_disk_cache.h
index 94c695163..61e4bd217 100644
--- a/src/common/linear_disk_cache.h
+++ b/src/common/linear_disk_cache.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <fstream>
+#include <vector>
 #include "common/common_types.h"
 
 // defined in Version.cpp
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public:
             // good header, read some key/value pairs
             K key;
 
-            V* value = nullptr;
+            std::vector<V> value;
             u32 value_size;
             u32 entry_number;
 
@@ -78,13 +79,13 @@ public:
                 if (next_extent > file_size)
                     break;
 
-                delete[] value;
-                value = new V[value_size];
+                value.clear();
+                value.resize(value_size);
 
                 // read key/value and pass to reader
-                if (Read(&key) && Read(value, value_size) && Read(&entry_number) &&
+                if (Read(&key) && Read(value.data(), value_size) && Read(&entry_number) &&
                     entry_number == m_num_entries + 1) {
-                    reader.Read(key, value, value_size);
+                    reader.Read(key, value.data(), value_size);
                 } else {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public:
             m_file.seekp(last_pos);
             m_file.clear();
 
-            delete[] value;
+            value.clear();
             return m_num_entries;
         }