diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dd16d95..6fdb501 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.4"
-crc = "3"
+crc32c = "0.6.4"
 log = "0.4"
 memmap2 = "0.9.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
@@ -31,8 +31,14 @@ env_logger = "0.10"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+crc = "3"
 hdrhistogram = "7.5.2"
 quickcheck = "1.0.3"
 regex = "1.8.1"
 tempfile = "3.5.0"
 chrono = "0.4.31"
+criterion = "0.5.1"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "benchmark"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/benchmark.rs b/benches/benchmark.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e606bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/benchmark.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use crc::{Crc, CRC_32_ISCSI};
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use rand::{rngs::OsRng, RngCore};
+
+pub const CASTAGNOLI: Crc<u32> = Crc::<u32>::new(&CRC_32_ISCSI);
+
+pub fn criterion_benchmark_4k(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut buffer = [0u8; 8192];
+    OsRng.fill_bytes(&mut buffer);
+
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("8k");
+    group.throughput(criterion::Throughput::Bytes(8192));
+    group.bench_function("crc", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let mut digest = CASTAGNOLI.digest();
+            digest.update(&buffer);
+            black_box(digest.finalize());
+        })
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("crc32c", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(crc32c::crc32c(&buffer));
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+pub fn criterion_benchmark_1024k(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut buffer = [0u8; 1048576];
+    OsRng.fill_bytes(&mut buffer);
+
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("1M");
+    group.throughput(criterion::Throughput::Bytes(1048576));
+    group.bench_function("crc", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let mut digest = CASTAGNOLI.digest();
+            digest.update(&buffer);
+            black_box(digest.finalize());
+        })
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("crc32c", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(crc32c::crc32c(&buffer));
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark_4k, criterion_benchmark_1024k);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/src/segment.rs b/src/segment.rs
index 3a8e6f6..9590aa5 100644
--- a/src/segment.rs
+++ b/src/segment.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::mmap_view_sync::MmapViewSync;
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, LittleEndian};
-use crc::{Crc, CRC_32_ISCSI};
 #[cfg(not(unix))]
 use fs4::FileExt;
 
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ const HEADER_LEN: usize = 8;
 /// The length of a CRC value.
 const CRC_LEN: usize = 4;
 
-pub const CASTAGNOLI: Crc<u32> = Crc::<u32>::new(&CRC_32_ISCSI);
-
 pub struct Entry {
     view: MmapViewSync,
 }
@@ -264,9 +261,10 @@ impl Segment {
                 if offset + HEADER_LEN + padded_len + CRC_LEN > capacity {
                     break;
                 }
-                let mut digest = CASTAGNOLI.digest_with_initial(crc);
-                digest.update(&segment[offset..offset + HEADER_LEN + padded_len]);
-                let entry_crc = digest.finalize();
+                let entry_crc = crc32c::crc32c_append(
+                    !crc.reverse_bits(),
+                    &segment[offset..offset + HEADER_LEN + padded_len],
+                );
                 let stored_crc =
                     LittleEndian::read_u32(&segment[offset + HEADER_LEN + padded_len..]);
                 if entry_crc != stored_crc {
@@ -340,7 +338,6 @@ impl Segment {
         let offset = self.size();
 
         let mut crc = self.crc;
-        let mut digest = CASTAGNOLI.digest_with_initial(crc);
 
         LittleEndian::write_u64(&mut self.as_mut_slice()[offset..], entry.len() as u64);
         copy_memory(
@@ -355,8 +352,10 @@ impl Segment {
                 &mut self.as_mut_slice()[offset + HEADER_LEN + entry.len()..],
             );
         }
-        digest.update(&self.as_slice()[offset..offset + HEADER_LEN + padded_len]);
-        crc = digest.finalize();
+        crc = crc32c::crc32c_append(
+            !crc.reverse_bits(),
+            &self.as_slice()[offset..offset + HEADER_LEN + padded_len],
+        );
 
         LittleEndian::write_u32(
             &mut self.as_mut_slice()[offset + HEADER_LEN + padded_len..],
@@ -875,4 +874,49 @@ mod test {
             Segment::open(&path).unwrap_err().kind()
         );
     }
+
+    use rand::{rngs::OsRng, RngCore};
+    use std::hash::Hasher;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_crc32c() {
+        let message = b"123456789";
+        let crc = crc32c::crc32c(message);
+        assert_eq!(crc, crc::CRC_32_ISCSI.check);
+
+        let mut hasher = crc32c::Crc32cHasher::default();
+        hasher.write(message);
+        assert_eq!(hasher.finish() as u32, crc::CRC_32_ISCSI.check);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_crc32c_accuracy() {
+        let mut buffer = [0u8; 8192];
+        let castagnoli = crc::Crc::<u32>::new(&crc::CRC_32_ISCSI);
+
+        (0..1024).for_each(|_| {
+            OsRng.fill_bytes(&mut buffer);
+            let mut digest = castagnoli.digest();
+            digest.update(&buffer);
+            let crc1 = digest.finalize();
+            let crc2 = crc32c::crc32c(&buffer);
+            assert_eq!(crc1, crc2);
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_crc32c_with_arbitrary_initial_value() {
+        let mut buffer = [0u8; 8192];
+        let castagnoli = crc::Crc::<u32>::new(&crc::CRC_32_ISCSI);
+
+        (0..1024).for_each(|seed| {
+            OsRng.fill_bytes(&mut buffer);
+            let mut digest = castagnoli.digest_with_initial(seed);
+            digest.update(&buffer);
+            let crc1 = digest.finalize();
+
+            let crc2 = crc32c::crc32c_append(!seed.reverse_bits(), &buffer);
+            assert_eq!(crc1, crc2);
+        });
+    }
 }