diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
index 235f1ef..ba01b9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 9.0.x
+        dotnet-version: 10
     - name: Restore dependencies
       run: dotnet restore
     - name: Build
diff --git a/RobotsTxt/RobotsTxtParser.cs b/RobotsTxt/RobotsTxtParser.cs
index 5fb8418..65ec04a 100644
--- a/RobotsTxt/RobotsTxtParser.cs
+++ b/RobotsTxt/RobotsTxtParser.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System.Buffers;
+
 namespace RobotsTxt;
 
 public class RobotsTxtParser(byte[] robotsBody, IRobotsParseHandler handler)
@@ -74,8 +76,9 @@ private void ParseAndEmitLine(int currentLine, ReadOnlySpan<byte> line)
         key.Parse(stringKey);
         if (NeedEscapeValueForKey(key))
         {
-            var escapedValue = MaybeEscapePattern(value);
+            var escapedValue = MaybeEscapePattern(value, out var dst);
             EmitKeyValueToHandler(currentLine, key, escapedValue);
+            if (dst != null) ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(dst);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ private void EmitKeyValueToHandler(int currentLine, ParsedRobotsKey key, ReadOnl
         }
     }
 
-    public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> MaybeEscapePattern(ReadOnlySpan<byte> src)
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> MaybeEscapePattern(ReadOnlySpan<byte> src, out byte[]? dst)
     {
         var numToEscape = 0;
         var needCapitalize = false;
@@ -131,19 +134,22 @@ public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> MaybeEscapePattern(ReadOnlySpan<byte> src)
 
         if (numToEscape == 0 && !needCapitalize)
         {
+            dst = null;
             return src;
         }
 
-        var dst = new byte[numToEscape * 2 + src.Length];
+        dst = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(numToEscape * 2 + src.Length);
+
         var j = 0;
         for (var i = 0; i < src.Length; i++)
         {
             var c = src[i];
             if (c == '%' && i + 2 < src.Length && src[i + 1].IsXDigit() && src[i + 2].IsXDigit())
             {
-                dst[j++] = src[i++];
-                dst[j++] = src[i++].ToUpper();
-                dst[j++] = src[i++].ToUpper();
+                dst[j++] = (byte)'%';
+                dst[j++] = src[i + 1].ToUpper();
+                dst[j++] = src[i + 2].ToUpper();
+                i += 2;
             }
             else if (c >= 0x80)
             {
@@ -157,7 +163,7 @@ public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> MaybeEscapePattern(ReadOnlySpan<byte> src)
             }
         }
 
-        return dst;
+        return dst.AsSpan(0, j);
     }
 
     private static bool NeedEscapeValueForKey(ParsedRobotsKey key)
diff --git a/TestRobotsTxt/GoogleTests.cs b/TestRobotsTxt/GoogleTests.cs
index 7422375..1feade9 100644
--- a/TestRobotsTxt/GoogleTests.cs
+++ b/TestRobotsTxt/GoogleTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Text;
 using RobotsTxt;
@@ -1011,11 +1012,15 @@ public void TestGetPathParamsQuery(string url, string expected)
         [InlineData("/a/b/c", "/a/b/c")]
         [InlineData("á", "%C3%A1")]
         [InlineData("%aa", "%AA")]
+        [InlineData("%ab%c", "%AB%c")]
+        [InlineData("test%", "test%")]
+        [InlineData("%a", "%a")]
         public void TestMaybeEscapePattern(string url, string expected)
         {
             var actual =
-                Encoding.ASCII.GetString(RobotsTxtParser.MaybeEscapePattern(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(url)).ToArray());
+                Encoding.ASCII.GetString(RobotsTxtParser.MaybeEscapePattern(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(url), out var dst).ToArray());
             Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
+            if (dst != null) ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(dst);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/TestRobotsTxt/TestRobotsTxtParser.cs b/TestRobotsTxt/TestRobotsTxtParser.cs
index bae5ff6..4074243 100644
--- a/TestRobotsTxt/TestRobotsTxtParser.cs
+++ b/TestRobotsTxt/TestRobotsTxtParser.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Text;
+
 using RobotsTxt;
+
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace TestRobotsTxt
@@ -56,8 +59,9 @@ public void TestGetKeyAndValueFrom(string line, bool rc, string expectedKey, str
         [InlineData("é", "%C3%A9")]
         public void TestMaybeEscapePattern(string src, string expected)
         {
-            var actual = RobotsTxtParser.MaybeEscapePattern(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(src));
+            var actual = RobotsTxtParser.MaybeEscapePattern(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(src), out var dst);
             Assert.Equal(expected, Encoding.UTF8.GetString(actual.ToArray()));
+            if (dst != null) ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(dst);
         }
     }
 }