diff --git a/zenoh-flow-nodes/src/messages.rs b/zenoh-flow-nodes/src/messages.rs
index 3692c710..09877e33 100644
--- a/zenoh-flow-nodes/src/messages.rs
+++ b/zenoh-flow-nodes/src/messages.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pub struct LinkMessage {
 
 impl Ord for LinkMessage {
     fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
-        self.get_timestamp().cmp(other.get_timestamp())
+        self.timestamp().cmp(other.timestamp())
     }
 }
 
@@ -159,20 +159,12 @@ impl PartialOrd for LinkMessage {
 
 impl PartialEq for LinkMessage {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        self.get_timestamp() == other.get_timestamp()
+        self.timestamp() == other.timestamp()
     }
 }
 
 impl Eq for LinkMessage {}
 
-impl Deref for LinkMessage {
-    type Target = Payload;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.payload
-    }
-}
-
 impl LinkMessage {
     pub fn new(payload: Payload, timestamp: Timestamp) -> Self {
         Self { payload, timestamp }
@@ -188,13 +180,29 @@ impl LinkMessage {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Return the [Timestamp] associated with this message.
+    /// Return the [Payload] associated with this [LinkMessage].
     //
-    // NOTE: This method is used by, at least, our Python API.
+    // NOTE: Used by our Python API. 🐍
+    pub fn payload(&self) -> &Payload {
+        &self.payload
+    }
+
+    /// Return the [Timestamp] associated with this message.
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.6.0-alpha.3",
+        note = "This method will be deprecated in the next major version of Zenoh-Flow in favour of `timestamp()`."
+    )]
     pub fn get_timestamp(&self) -> &Timestamp {
         &self.timestamp
     }
 
+    /// Return the [Timestamp] associated with this message.
+    //
+    // NOTE: Used by our Python API. 🐍
+    pub fn timestamp(&self) -> &Timestamp {
+        &self.timestamp
+    }
+
     /// Serialises the [LinkMessage] using [bincode] into the given `buffer`.
     ///
     /// The `inner_buffer` is used to serialise (if need be) the [Payload] contained inside the
diff --git a/zenoh-flow-runtime/src/runners/builtin/zenoh/sink.rs b/zenoh-flow-runtime/src/runners/builtin/zenoh/sink.rs
index d62e90ec..9efccbfc 100644
--- a/zenoh-flow-runtime/src/runners/builtin/zenoh/sink.rs
+++ b/zenoh-flow-runtime/src/runners/builtin/zenoh/sink.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Caused by:
 
                 #[cfg(not(feature = "shared-memory"))]
                 {
-                    data.try_as_bytes_into(&mut payload_buffer)?;
+                    data.payload().try_as_bytes_into(&mut payload_buffer)?;
                     publisher
                         .put(payload_buffer)
                         .res()