diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 541d58a..682dd21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: sfackler/actions/rustup@master
         with:
-          version: 1.56.0
+          version: 1.81.0
       - run: echo "version=$(rustc --version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         id: rust-version
       - uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e7223e5..5b73efd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 description = "An implementation of the stringprep algorithm"
 repository = "https://github.com/sfackler/rust-stringprep"
 readme = "README.md"
+rust-version = "1.81.0" # For core::error::Error
 
 [dependencies]
 unicode-bidi = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7027761..8945ccb 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 //! An implementation of the "stringprep" algorithm defined in [RFC 3454][].
 //!
 //! [RFC 3454]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3454
+#![no_std]
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
+extern crate alloc;
 extern crate unicode_bidi;
 extern crate unicode_normalization;
 extern crate unicode_properties;
 
-use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::fmt;
+use alloc::borrow::Cow;
+use alloc::string::String;
+use core::fmt;
 use unicode_normalization::UnicodeNormalization;
 use unicode_properties::{GeneralCategoryGroup, UnicodeGeneralCategory};
 
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
     }
 }
 
-impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+impl core::error::Error for Error {}
 
 /// Prepares a string with the SASLprep profile of the stringprep algorithm.
 ///
diff --git a/src/tables.rs b/src/tables.rs
index 3eccb35..ecee304 100644
--- a/src/tables.rs
+++ b/src/tables.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Character Tables
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::str::Chars;
+use core::cmp::Ordering;
+use core::str::Chars;
 use unicode_bidi::{bidi_class, BidiClass};
 use unicode_properties::{GeneralCategoryGroup, UnicodeGeneralCategory};