diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c735da8..d290133 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Unreleased
 - h2: drop the dependency on `httpaf`, use
   [`httpun-types`](https://ocaml.org/p/httpun-types/latest) instead
 ([#243](https://github.com/anmonteiro/ocaml-h2/pull/243))
+- hpack: use `String.unsafe_get` when the string length is known
+  ([#244](https://github.com/anmonteiro/ocaml-h2/pull/244))
 
 0.11.0 2023-10-26
 --------------
diff --git a/hpack/src/static_table.ml b/hpack/src/static_table.ml
index 02ca32c..a3fc68d 100644
--- a/hpack/src/static_table.ml
+++ b/hpack/src/static_table.ml
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ let table =
 let lookup_token_index name =
   match String.length name with
   | 3 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 'a' when name = "age" -> 20
     | 'v' when name = "via" -> 59
     | _ -> -1)
   | 4 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 'd' when name = "date" -> 32
     | 'e' when name = "etag" -> 33
     | 'f' when name = "from" -> 36
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ let lookup_token_index name =
     | 'v' when name = "vary" -> 58
     | _ -> -1)
   | 5 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | ':' when name = ":path" -> 3
     | 'a' when name = "allow" -> 21
     | 'r' when name = "range" -> 49
     | _ -> -1)
   | 6 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 'a' when name = "accept" -> 18
     | 'c' when name = "cookie" -> 31
     | 'e' when name = "expect" -> 34
@@ -198,14 +198,17 @@ let lookup_token_index name =
     | 'a' when name = "location" -> 45
     | _ -> -1)
   | 10 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | ':' when name = ":authority" -> 0
     | 's' when name = "set-cookie" -> 54
     | 'u' when name = "user-agent" -> 57
     | _ -> -1)
-  | 11 -> (match name.[0] with 'r' when name = "retry-after" -> 52 | _ -> -1)
+  | 11 ->
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
+    | 'r' when name = "retry-after" -> 52
+    | _ -> -1)
   | 12 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 'c' when name = "content-type" -> 30
     | 'm' when name = "max-forwards" -> 46
     | _ -> -1)
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ let lookup_token_index name =
     | 'o' when name = "last-modified" -> 43
     | _ -> -1)
   | 14 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 'a' when name = "accept-charset" -> 14
     | 'c' when name = "content-length" -> 27
     | _ -> -1)
@@ -236,24 +239,26 @@ let lookup_token_index name =
     | 'i' when name = "www-authenticate" -> 60
     | _ -> -1)
   | 17 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 'i' when name = "if-modified-since" -> 39
     | 't' when name = "transfer-encoding" -> 56
     | _ -> -1)
   | 18 ->
-    (match name.[0] with 'p' when name = "proxy-authenticate" -> 47 | _ -> -1)
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
+    | 'p' when name = "proxy-authenticate" -> 47
+    | _ -> -1)
   | 19 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 'c' when name = "content-disposition" -> 24
     | 'i' when name = "if-unmodified-since" -> 42
     | 'p' when name = "proxy-authorization" -> 48
     | _ -> -1)
   | 25 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 's' when name = "strict-transport-security" -> 55
     | _ -> -1)
   | 27 ->
-    (match name.[0] with
+    (match String.unsafe_get name 0 with
     | 'a' when name = "access-control-allow-origin" -> 19
     | _ -> -1)
   | _ -> -1
diff --git a/hpack/test/hpack-test-case b/hpack/test/hpack-test-case
index b2a1664..8a1406e 160000
--- a/hpack/test/hpack-test-case
+++ b/hpack/test/hpack-test-case
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b2a1664b43dc520a4bbff2e7db1b7e7af4fb43f4
+Subproject commit 8a1406e7d14bfcb6c046021f13cc15cfb162726d
diff --git a/hpack/util/gen_static.ml b/hpack/util/gen_static.ml
index fbfa268..59680a4 100644
--- a/hpack/util/gen_static.ml
+++ b/hpack/util/gen_static.ml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ let find_pos names =
   loop 0
 
 let make_token_map static_table =
-  let tbl = Hashtbl.create 60 in
+  let tbl = Hashtbl.create (Array.length static_table) in
   Array.iter
     (fun (i, name, _) ->
        let length = String.length name in
@@ -96,11 +96,12 @@ let make_token_map static_table =
          | Some string_tbl -> string_tbl
          | None -> Hashtbl.create 10
        in
-       Hashtbl.add string_tbl name i)
+       add_name name i string_tbl;
+       Hashtbl.replace tbl length string_tbl)
     static_table;
   Hashtbl.fold
     (fun length names ret ->
-       let bindings = Hashtbl.fold (fun k v lst -> (k, v) :: lst) names [] in
+       let bindings = Hashtbl.to_seq names |> List.of_seq in
        (length, find_pos names, bindings) :: ret)
     tbl
     []
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ let mk_lookup_token token_map =
                       (Exp.match_
                          (Exp.apply
                             (Exp.ident
-                               { txt = Ldot (Lident "String", "get")
+                               { txt = Ldot (Lident "String", "unsafe_get")
                                ; loc = !default_loc
                                })
                             [ ( Nolabel