diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b3953c58..59a4e66d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["hash", "no_std", "hashmap", "swisstable"]
 categories = ["data-structures", "no-std"]
 exclude = [".github", "/ci/*"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.65.0"
+rust-version = "1.63.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 # For the default hasher
diff --git a/src/raw/mod.rs b/src/raw/mod.rs
index 6a8d37d82..f3d0e44c4 100644
--- a/src/raw/mod.rs
+++ b/src/raw/mod.rs
@@ -1432,9 +1432,7 @@ impl RawTableInner {
     const fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             // Be careful to cast the entire slice to a raw pointer.
-            ctrl: unsafe {
-                NonNull::new_unchecked(Group::static_empty().as_ptr().cast_mut().cast())
-            },
+            ctrl: unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(Group::static_empty().as_ptr() as *mut _) },
             bucket_mask: 0,
             items: 0,
             growth_left: 0,