diff --git a/src/binstall/resolve.rs b/src/binstall/resolve.rs
index a207192e..3279bf14 100644
--- a/src/binstall/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/binstall/resolve.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use cargo_toml::{Package, Product};
+use compact_str::CompactString;
 use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use miette::{miette, Result};
 use reqwest::Client;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ pub enum Resolution {
     Fetch {
         fetcher: Arc<dyn Fetcher>,
         package: Package<Meta>,
-        name: String,
+        name: CompactString,
         version: String,
         bin_path: PathBuf,
         bin_files: Vec<bins::BinFile>,
diff --git a/src/helpers/crate_name.rs b/src/helpers/crate_name.rs
index 7c38e8f5..0f9ec2f4 100644
--- a/src/helpers/crate_name.rs
+++ b/src/helpers/crate_name.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use std::{convert::Infallible, fmt, str::FromStr};
 
+use compact_str::CompactString;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct CrateName {
-    pub name: String,
-    pub version: Option<String>,
+    pub name: CompactString,
+    pub version: Option<CompactString>,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for CrateName {
@@ -26,12 +27,12 @@ impl FromStr for CrateName {
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         Ok(if let Some((name, version)) = s.split_once('@') {
             CrateName {
-                name: name.to_string(),
-                version: Some(version.to_string()),
+                name: name.into(),
+                version: Some(version.into()),
             }
         } else {
             CrateName {
-                name: s.to_string(),
+                name: s.into(),
                 version: None,
             }
         })