diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index abe28a3b..bbe839ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "binstalk-types",
  "cargo-toml-workspace",
  "command-group",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "detect-targets",
  "either",
  "itertools",
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic-file-install",
  "binstalk-types",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "leon",
  "miette",
  "normalize-path",
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "binstall-tar",
  "bytes",
  "bzip2",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "default-net",
  "flate2",
  "futures-io",
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "binstalk-git-repo-api",
  "binstalk-types",
  "bytes",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "either",
  "itertools",
  "leon",
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ name = "binstalk-git-repo-api"
 version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "binstalk-downloader",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "serde",
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 dependencies = [
  "beef",
  "binstalk-types",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "detect-targets",
  "fs-lock",
  "home",
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "binstalk-downloader",
  "binstalk-types",
  "cargo-toml-workspace",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "leon",
  "miette",
  "normalize-path",
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "binstalk-types"
 version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "maybe-owned",
  "once_cell",
  "semver",
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "binstalk",
  "binstalk-manifests",
  "clap",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "dirs",
  "embed-resource",
  "file-format",
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ name = "cargo-toml-workspace"
 version = "6.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cargo_toml",
- "compact_str 0.7.1",
+ "compact_str",
  "glob",
  "normalize-path",
  "serde",
@@ -724,20 +724,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "compact_str"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f86b9c4c00838774a6d902ef931eff7470720c51d90c2e32cfe15dc304737b3f"
-dependencies = [
- "castaway",
- "cfg-if",
- "itoa",
- "ryu",
- "serde",
- "static_assertions",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "compact_str"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -749,6 +735,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "rustversion",
  "ryu",
+ "serde",
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
@@ -3735,7 +3722,7 @@ version = "0.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "48955a621e2b4a92fdb9fcbf8a5bf0e56b15a56bfe09e6defc01cb25ca59f31c"
 dependencies = [
- "compact_str 0.8.0",
+ "compact_str",
  "derive_destructure2",
  "gix",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/crates/bin/Cargo.toml b/crates/bin/Cargo.toml
index e0099d56..42529cb8 100644
--- a/crates/bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pkg-fmt = "zip"
 binstalk = { path = "../binstalk", version = "0.26.1", default-features = false }
 binstalk-manifests = { path = "../binstalk-manifests", version = "0.13.0" }
 clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive", "env"] }
-compact_str = "0.7.0"
+compact_str = "0.8.0"
 dirs = "5.0.1"
 file-format = { version = "0.25.0", default-features = false }
 home = "0.5.9"
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-bins/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-bins/Cargo.toml
index a7f88aae..5a9b3983 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-bins/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-bins/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 [dependencies]
 atomic-file-install = { version = "1.0.5", path = "../atomic-file-install" }
 binstalk-types = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../binstalk-types" }
-compact_str = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["serde"] }
+compact_str = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["serde"] }
 leon = "3.0.0"
 miette = "7.0.0"
 normalize-path = { version = "0.2.1", path = "../normalize-path" }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
index 47a919c2..f95505f4 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async_zip = { version = "0.0.17", features = [
 binstalk-types = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../binstalk-types" }
 bytes = "1.4.0"
 bzip2 = "0.4.4"
-compact_str = "0.7.0"
+compact_str = "0.8.0"
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.28", default-features = false }
 futures-util = "0.3.30"
 futures-io = "0.3.30"
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-fetchers/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-fetchers/Cargo.toml
index 2e074a0c..3c1f1458 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-fetchers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-fetchers/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ binstalk-downloader = { version = "0.11.5", path = "../binstalk-downloader", def
 binstalk-git-repo-api = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../binstalk-git-repo-api" }
 binstalk-types = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../binstalk-types" }
 bytes = "1.4.0"
-compact_str = { version = "0.7.0" }
+compact_str = { version = "0.8.0" }
 either = "1.11.0"
 itertools = "0.13.0"
 leon = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/Cargo.toml
index 5f450329..0810f549 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 binstalk-downloader = { version = "0.11.5", path = "../binstalk-downloader", default-features = false, features = [
     "json",
 ] }
-compact_str = "0.7.0"
+compact_str = "0.8.0"
 percent-encoding = "2.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.163", features = ["derive"] }
 serde-tuple-vec-map = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client.rs b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client.rs
index 5b6420cf..8773fa11 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client.rs
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ mod test {
 
         pub(super) const RELEASE: GhRelease = GhRelease {
             repo: GhRepo {
-                owner: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-bins"),
-                repo: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-binstall"),
+                owner: CompactString::const_new("cargo-bins"),
+                repo: CompactString::const_new("cargo-binstall"),
             },
-            tag: CompactString::new_inline("v0.20.1"),
+            tag: CompactString::const_new("v0.20.1"),
         };
 
         pub(super) const ARTIFACTS: &[&str] = &[
@@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ mod test {
 
         pub(super) const RELEASE: GhRelease = GhRelease {
             repo: GhRepo {
-                owner: CompactString::new_inline("rustsec"),
-                repo: CompactString::new_inline("rustsec"),
+                owner: CompactString::const_new("rustsec"),
+                repo: CompactString::const_new("rustsec"),
             },
-            tag: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-audit/v0.17.6"),
+            tag: CompactString::const_new("cargo-audit/v0.17.6"),
         };
 
         #[allow(unused)]
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ mod test {
         ]
         .into_iter()
         .for_each(|url| {
-            let url = Url::parse(&url).unwrap();
+            let url = Url::parse(url).unwrap();
             assert_eq!(
                 GhRepo::try_extract_from_url(&url)
                     .unwrap()
@@ -545,16 +545,16 @@ mod test {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn rate_limited_test_get_repo_info() {
         const PUBLIC_REPOS: [GhRepo; 1] = [GhRepo {
-            owner: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-bins"),
-            repo: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-binstall"),
+            owner: CompactString::const_new("cargo-bins"),
+            repo: CompactString::const_new("cargo-binstall"),
         }];
         const PRIVATE_REPOS: [GhRepo; 1] = [GhRepo {
-            owner: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-bins"),
-            repo: CompactString::new_inline("private-repo-for-testing"),
+            owner: CompactString::const_new("cargo-bins"),
+            repo: CompactString::const_new("private-repo-for-testing"),
         }];
         const NON_EXISTENT_REPOS: [GhRepo; 1] = [GhRepo {
-            owner: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-bins"),
-            repo: CompactString::new_inline("ttt"),
+            owner: CompactString::const_new("cargo-bins"),
+            repo: CompactString::const_new("ttt"),
         }];
 
         init_logger();
@@ -610,12 +610,12 @@ mod test {
         )];
         const NON_EXISTENT_RELEASES: [GhRelease; 1] = [GhRelease {
             repo: GhRepo {
-                owner: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-bins"),
-                repo: CompactString::new_inline("cargo-binstall"),
+                owner: CompactString::const_new("cargo-bins"),
+                repo: CompactString::const_new("cargo-binstall"),
             },
             // We are currently at v0.20.1 and we would never release
             // anything older than v0.20.1
-            tag: CompactString::new_inline("v0.18.2"),
+            tag: CompactString::const_new("v0.18.2"),
         }];
 
         init_logger();
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client/error.rs b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client/error.rs
index 1787a372..0a2918a9 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client/error.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-git-repo-api/src/gh_api_client/error.rs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ mod test {
         assert_matches!(deserialize("RATE_LIMITED"), GraphQLErrorType::RateLimited);
         assert_matches!(
             deserialize("rATE_LIMITED"),
-            GraphQLErrorType::Other(val) if val == CompactString::new("rATE_LIMITED")
+            GraphQLErrorType::Other(val) if val == CompactString::const_new("rATE_LIMITED")
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-manifests/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-manifests/Cargo.toml
index b66070ea..151829e3 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-manifests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-manifests/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 [dependencies]
 beef = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["impl_serde"] }
 binstalk-types = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../binstalk-types" }
-compact_str = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["serde"] }
+compact_str = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["serde"] }
 fs-lock = { version = "0.1.3", path = "../fs-lock" }
 home = "0.5.9"
 miette = "7.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_config.rs b/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_config.rs
index 21fac013..a92cc104 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_config.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_config.rs
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ root = "/some/path"         # `cargo install` destination directory
         );
 
         let http = config.http.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(http.proxy.unwrap(), CompactString::new_inline("host:port"));
+        assert_eq!(http.proxy.unwrap(), CompactString::const_new("host:port"));
         assert_eq!(http.timeout.unwrap(), 30);
         assert_eq!(http.cainfo.unwrap(), Path::new("root").join("cert.pem"));
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ root = "/some/path"         # `cargo install` destination directory
         assert_eq!(env.len(), 3);
         assert_eq!(
             env.get("ENV_VAR_NAME").unwrap(),
-            &Env::Value(CompactString::new("value"))
+            &Env::Value(CompactString::const_new("value"))
         );
         assert_eq!(
             env.get("ENV_VAR_NAME_2").unwrap(),
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-registry/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-registry/Cargo.toml
index 727e3c5e..940b48db 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-registry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-registry/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ binstalk-downloader = { version = "0.11.5", path = "../binstalk-downloader", def
 ] }
 binstalk-types = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../binstalk-types" }
 cargo-toml-workspace = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../cargo-toml-workspace" }
-compact_str = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["serde"] }
+compact_str = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["serde"] }
 leon = "3.0.0"
 miette = "7.0.0"
 normalize-path = { version = "0.2.1", path = "../normalize-path" }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-registry/src/common.rs b/crates/binstalk-registry/src/common.rs
index 17f5fefa..cd426298 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-registry/src/common.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-registry/src/common.rs
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ pub(super) fn crate_prefix_components(
 
     match (chars.next(), chars.next(), chars.next(), chars.next()) {
         (None, None, None, None) => Err(RegistryError::NotFound(crate_name.into())),
-        (Some(_), None, None, None) => Ok((CompactString::new("1"), None)),
-        (Some(_), Some(_), None, None) => Ok((CompactString::new("2"), None)),
+        (Some(_), None, None, None) => Ok((CompactString::const_new("1"), None)),
+        (Some(_), Some(_), None, None) => Ok((CompactString::const_new("2"), None)),
         (Some(ch), Some(_), Some(_), None) => Ok((
-            CompactString::new("3"),
+            CompactString::const_new("3"),
             Some(ch.to_lowercase().to_compact_string()),
         )),
         (Some(a), Some(b), Some(c), Some(d)) => Ok((
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ pub(super) fn render_dl_template(
         struct Context<'a> {
             crate_name: &'a str,
             crate_prefix: CompactString,
-            crate_lowerprefix: String,
+            crate_lowerprefix: CompactString,
             version: &'a str,
             cksum: &'a str,
         }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-types/Cargo.toml
index 4d7ed95e..8560eb7c 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
-compact_str = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["serde"] }
+compact_str = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["serde"] }
 maybe-owned = { version = "0.3.4", features = ["serde"] }
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 semver = { version = "1.0.17", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk/Cargo.toml
index 8d6a291c..f067de70 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ binstalk-registry = { version = "0.9.1", path = "../binstalk-registry" }
 binstalk-types = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../binstalk-types" }
 cargo-toml-workspace = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../cargo-toml-workspace" }
 command-group = { version = "5.0.1", features = ["with-tokio"] }
-compact_str = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["serde"] }
+compact_str = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["serde"] }
 detect-targets = { version = "0.1.17", path = "../detect-targets", features = [
     "tracing",
 ] }
diff --git a/crates/cargo-toml-workspace/Cargo.toml b/crates/cargo-toml-workspace/Cargo.toml
index 6c6fca80..f1f5157d 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-toml-workspace/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cargo-toml-workspace/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 cargo_toml = "0.20.0"
-compact_str = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["serde"] }
+compact_str = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["serde"] }
 glob = "0.3.1"
 normalize-path = { version = "0.2.1", path = "../normalize-path" }
 serde = "1.0.163"