diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 1ae242a..6946d58 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// swift-tools-version:5.10
+// swift-tools-version:6.0
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //
 // This source file is part of the SwiftNIO open source project
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 import PackageDescription
 
+let strictConcurrencyDevelopment = false
+
+let strictConcurrencySettings: [SwiftSetting] = {
+    var initialSettings: [SwiftSetting] = []
+
+    if strictConcurrencyDevelopment {
+        // -warnings-as-errors here is a workaround so that IDE-based development can
+        // get tripped up on -require-explicit-sendable.
+        initialSettings.append(.unsafeFlags(["-require-explicit-sendable", "-warnings-as-errors"]))
+    }
+
+    return initialSettings
+}()
+
 let package = Package(
     name: "swift-http-structured-headers",
     products: [
@@ -29,29 +43,27 @@ let package = Package(
     targets: [
         .target(
             name: "RawStructuredFieldValues",
-            dependencies: []
+            dependencies: [],
+            swiftSettings: strictConcurrencySettings
         ),
         .target(
             name: "StructuredFieldValues",
-            dependencies: ["RawStructuredFieldValues"]
+            dependencies: ["RawStructuredFieldValues"],
+            swiftSettings: strictConcurrencySettings
         ),
         .executableTarget(
             name: "sh-parser",
-            dependencies: ["RawStructuredFieldValues"]
+            dependencies: ["RawStructuredFieldValues"],
+            swiftSettings: strictConcurrencySettings
         ),
         .testTarget(
             name: "StructuredFieldValuesTests",
-            dependencies: ["RawStructuredFieldValues", "StructuredFieldValues"]
+            dependencies: ["RawStructuredFieldValues", "StructuredFieldValues"],
+            swiftSettings: strictConcurrencySettings
         ),
     ]
 )
 
-for target in package.targets {
-    var settings = target.swiftSettings ?? []
-    settings.append(.enableExperimentalFeature("StrictConcurrency=complete"))
-    target.swiftSettings = settings
-}
-
 // ---    STANDARD CROSS-REPO SETTINGS DO NOT EDIT   --- //
 for target in package.targets {
     switch target.type {
diff --git a/Sources/RawStructuredFieldValues/FieldParser.swift b/Sources/RawStructuredFieldValues/FieldParser.swift
index 696606c..1ccf8ca 100644
--- a/Sources/RawStructuredFieldValues/FieldParser.swift
+++ b/Sources/RawStructuredFieldValues/FieldParser.swift
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ extension StructuredFieldValueParser {
         let unicodeSequence = byteArray.withUnsafeBytes {
             $0.withMemoryRebound(to: CChar.self) {
                 // This force-unwrap is safe, as the buffer must successfully bind to CChar.
-                String(validatingUTF8: $0.baseAddress!)
+                String(validatingCString: $0.baseAddress!)
             }
         }