diff --git a/lib/src/helpers/fast_hash.dart b/lib/src/helpers/fast_hash.dart
index 30cd9a7..adafab9 100644
--- a/lib/src/helpers/fast_hash.dart
+++ b/lib/src/helpers/fast_hash.dart
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ abstract final class FastHash {
     // Offset basis 0xcbf29ce484222325, split because a >2^53 literal is a
     // compile error on JS targets even when the function is never called.
     var hash = (0xcbf29ce4 << 32) | 0x84222325;
-    for (final codeUnit in s.codeUnits) {
+    // Indexed codeUnitAt, not `for (... in s.codeUnits)`: same output, same
+    // speed on JIT, but on AOT the for-in pays a fixed ~2ns/hash ListIterator
+    // setup plus a per-step length check on top of codeUnitAt's own bounds
+    // check: ~20-30% on 5-char keys, nil by 64 chars (measured on isolated
+    // AOT binaries, inlined and never-inline). Do not flip back (see #12,
+    // #21, #28).
+    for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
+      final codeUnit = s.codeUnitAt(i);
       hash ^= codeUnit >> 8;
       hash *= fnvPrime;
       hash ^= codeUnit & 0xFF;
diff --git a/test/fast_hash_test.dart b/test/fast_hash_test.dart
index a98f473..8df6b20 100644
--- a/test/fast_hash_test.dart
+++ b/test/fast_hash_test.dart
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ void main() {
           check(FastHash.fnv1a('')).equals((0xcbf29ce4 << 32) | 0x84222325);
         });
 
+        test('known vectors are stable', () {
+          // Hashes UTF-16 code units as hi/lo byte pairs, so standard FNV
+          // byte vectors do not apply; pinned from the released algorithm.
+          // Split literals: a >2^53 literal is a dart2js compile error.
+          check(FastHash.fnv1a('a')).equals((0x08326707 << 32) | 0xb4eb37da);
+          check(
+            FastHash.fnv1a('hello'),
+          ).equals((0x4ce155d4 << 32) | 0x4072f8ef);
+        });
+
         test('handles unicode code units', () {
           check(
             FastHash.fnv1a('🚀'),