diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/foreign_key_coll.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/foreign_key_coll.go
index 99cf7468446..f542131c9cc 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/foreign_key_coll.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/foreign_key_coll.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/doltcore/schema"
 	"github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/libraries/utils/set"
@@ -179,46 +180,47 @@ func (fk ForeignKey) DeepEquals(other ForeignKey) bool {
 		fk.ReferencedTableIndex == other.ReferencedTableIndex
 }
 
+var fkBufPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return make([]byte, 0, 1024)
+	},
+}
+
 // HashOf returns the Noms hash of a ForeignKey.
 func (fk ForeignKey) HashOf() (hash.Hash, error) {
-	var fields []interface{}
-	fields = append(fields, fk.Name, fk.TableName, fk.TableIndex)
-	for _, t := range fk.TableColumns {
-		fields = append(fields, t)
+	bb := fkBufPool.Get().([]byte)
+	defer func() {
+		bb = bb[:0]
+		fkBufPool.Put(bb)
+	}()
+
+	var err error
+	bb = append(bb, fk.Name...)
+	bb = append(bb, fk.TableName.String()...)
+	bb = append(bb, fk.TableIndex...)
+	for _, col := range fk.TableColumns {
+		bb, err = binary.Append(bb, binary.LittleEndian, col)
+		if err != nil {
+			return hash.Hash{}, err
+		}
 	}
-	fields = append(fields, fk.ReferencedTableName, fk.ReferencedTableIndex)
-	for _, t := range fk.ReferencedTableColumns {
-		fields = append(fields, t)
+	bb = append(bb, fk.ReferencedTableName.String()...)
+	bb = append(bb, fk.ReferencedTableIndex...)
+	for _, col := range fk.ReferencedTableColumns {
+		bb, err = binary.Append(bb, binary.LittleEndian, col)
+		if err != nil {
+			return hash.Hash{}, err
+		}
 	}
-	fields = append(fields, []byte{byte(fk.OnUpdate), byte(fk.OnDelete)})
+	bb = append(bb, byte(fk.OnUpdate))
+	bb = append(bb, byte(fk.OnDelete))
 	for _, col := range fk.UnresolvedFKDetails.TableColumns {
-		fields = append(fields, col)
+		bb = append(bb, col...)
 	}
 	for _, col := range fk.UnresolvedFKDetails.ReferencedTableColumns {
-		fields = append(fields, col)
+		bb = append(bb, col...)
 	}
-
-	var bb bytes.Buffer
-	for _, field := range fields {
-		var err error
-		switch t := field.(type) {
-		case string:
-			_, err = bb.Write([]byte(t))
-		case []byte:
-			_, err = bb.Write(t)
-		case uint64:
-			err = binary.Write(&bb, binary.LittleEndian, t)
-		case TableName:
-			_, err = bb.Write([]byte(t.String()))
-		default:
-			return hash.Hash{}, fmt.Errorf("unsupported type %T", t)
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			return hash.Hash{}, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return hash.Of(bb.Bytes()), nil
+	return hash.Of(bb), nil
 }
 
 // CombinedHash returns a combined hash value for all foreign keys in the slice provided.
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/foreign_key_coll_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/foreign_key_coll_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f54ad024b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/foreign_key_coll_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright 2026 Dolthub, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package doltdb
+
+import "testing"
+
+func BenchmarkForeignKeyHashOf(b *testing.B) {
+	fk := ForeignKey{
+		Name: "name",
+		TableName: TableName{
+			Name:   "tbl_name",
+			Schema: "tbl_schema",
+		},
+		TableIndex:   "tbl_index",
+		TableColumns: []uint64{1, 2, 3},
+		ReferencedTableName: TableName{
+			Name:   "reftbl_name",
+			Schema: "reftbl_schema",
+		},
+		ReferencedTableIndex:   "reftbl_index",
+		ReferencedTableColumns: []uint64{1, 2, 3},
+		OnUpdate:               ForeignKeyReferentialAction_Cascade,
+		OnDelete:               ForeignKeyReferentialAction_Cascade,
+		UnresolvedFKDetails: UnresolvedFKDetails{
+			TableColumns:           []string{"asdf"},
+			ReferencedTableColumns: []string{"asdf"},
+		},
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, _ = fk.HashOf()
+	}
+}