diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8ec25de..3e5b6eb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ name = "ascii"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/tomprogrammer/rust-ascii"
 version = "1.1.0"
+rust-version = "1.57.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.25", optional = true }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa960cc..d0a360d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ascii = { version = "1.1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 
 ## Minimum supported Rust version
 
-The minimum Rust version for 1.2.\* releases is 1.56.1.
+The minimum Rust version for 1.2.\* releases is 1.57.0.
 Later 1.y.0 releases might require newer Rust versions, but the three most
 recent stable releases at the time of publishing will always be supported.  
 For example this means that if the current stable Rust version is 1.70 when
diff --git a/src/ascii_char.rs b/src/ascii_char.rs
index 39f2ceb..fccf79c 100644
--- a/src/ascii_char.rs
+++ b/src/ascii_char.rs
@@ -341,34 +341,10 @@ impl AsciiChar {
     /// current limitations of `const fn`.
     #[must_use]
     pub const fn new(ch: char) -> AsciiChar {
-        // It's restricted to this function, and without it
-        // we'd need to specify `AsciiChar::` or `Self::` 128 times.
-        #[allow(clippy::enum_glob_use)]
-        use AsciiChar::*;
-
-        #[rustfmt::skip]
-        const ALL: [AsciiChar; 128] = [
-            Null, SOH, AsciiChar::STX, ETX, EOT, ENQ, ACK, Bell,
-            BackSpace, Tab, LineFeed, VT, FF, CarriageReturn, SI, SO,
-            DLE, DC1, DC2, DC3, DC4, NAK, SYN, ETB,
-            CAN, EM, SUB, ESC, FS, GS, RS, US,
-            Space, Exclamation, Quotation, Hash, Dollar, Percent, Ampersand, Apostrophe,
-            ParenOpen, ParenClose, Asterisk, Plus, Comma, Minus, Dot, Slash,
-            _0, _1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7,
-            _8, _9, Colon, Semicolon, LessThan, Equal, GreaterThan, Question,
-            At, A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
-            H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O,
-            P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W,
-            X, Y, Z, BracketOpen, BackSlash, BracketClose, Caret, UnderScore,
-            Grave, a, b, c, d, e, f, g,
-            h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o,
-            p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w,
-            x, y, z, CurlyBraceOpen, VerticalBar, CurlyBraceClose, Tilde, DEL,
-		];
-
-        // We want to slice here and detect `const_err` from rustc if the slice is invalid
-        #[allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)]
-        ALL[ch as usize]
+        match Self::try_new(ch) {
+            Ok(ch) => ch,
+            Err(_) => panic!("{}", ERRORMSG_CHAR),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Create an `AsciiChar` from a `char`, in a `const fn` way.
@@ -389,11 +365,10 @@ impl AsciiChar {
     /// Fails for non-ASCII characters.
     #[inline]
     pub const fn try_new(ch: char) -> Result<Self, ToAsciiCharError> {
-        unsafe {
-            match ch as u32 {
-                0..=127 => Ok(mem::transmute(ch as u8)),
-                _ => Err(ToAsciiCharError(())),
-            }
+        if ch.is_ascii() {
+            Ok(unsafe { Self::from_ascii_unchecked(ch as u8) })
+        } else {
+            Err(ToAsciiCharError(()))
         }
     }
 
@@ -794,8 +769,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_into_partial_eq_ord {
     ($wider:ty, $to_wider:expr) => {
         impl From<AsciiChar> for $wider {
             #[inline]
-            fn from(a: AsciiChar) -> $wider {
-                $to_wider(a)
+            fn from(ch: AsciiChar) -> $wider {
+                $to_wider(ch)
             }
         }
         impl PartialEq<$wider> for AsciiChar {