diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 97789c7..f27fa95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        ghc: ['8.0', '8.2', '8.4', '8.6', '8.8', '8.10', '9.0', '9.2', '9.4', '9.6', '9.8']
+        ghc: ['8.6', '8.8', '8.10', '9.0', '9.2', '9.4', '9.6', '9.8']
         cabal: ['3.8.1.0']
         include:
           - os: macOS-latest
diff --git a/System/OsString/Data/ByteString/Short/Internal.hs b/System/OsString/Data/ByteString/Short/Internal.hs
index cbec6fd..fedc199 100644
--- a/System/OsString/Data/ByteString/Short/Internal.hs
+++ b/System/OsString/Data/ByteString/Short/Internal.hs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UnliftedFFITypes         #-}
 
+-- Required for WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+#include <ghcautoconf.h>
+
 -- |
 -- Module      :  System.OsString.Data.ByteString.Short.Internal
 -- Copyright   :  © 2022 Julian Ospald
@@ -21,7 +24,6 @@ module System.OsString.Data.ByteString.Short.Internal where
 
 import Control.Monad.ST
 import Control.Exception (assert, throwIO)
-import Data.Bits (Bits(..))
 import Data.ByteString.Short.Internal (ShortByteString(..), length)
 #if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,11,0)
 import Data.Semigroup
@@ -282,64 +284,38 @@ packLenWord16Rev len ws0 =
       go mba (i - 2) ws
 
 
--- | This isn't strictly Word16 array write. Instead it's two consecutive Word8 array
--- writes to avoid endianness issues due to primops doing automatic alignment based
--- on host platform. We want to always write LE to the byte array.
+-- | Encode Word16 as little-endian.
 writeWord16Array :: MBA s
                  -> Int      -- ^ Word8 index (not Word16)
                  -> Word16
                  -> ST s ()
-writeWord16Array (MBA# mba#) (I# i#) (W16# w#) =
-  case encodeWord16LE# w# of
-    (# lsb#, msb# #) ->
-      ST (\s -> case writeWord8Array# mba# i# lsb# s of
-          s' -> (# s', () #)) >>
-      ST (\s -> case writeWord8Array# mba# (i# +# 1#) msb# s of
-          s' -> (# s', () #))
+writeWord16Array (MBA# mba#) (I# i#) (W16# w#) = ST $ \s ->
+  case writeWord8ArrayAsWord16# mba# i# (word16ToLE# w#) s of
+    s' -> (# s', () #)
 
 indexWord8Array :: BA
                 -> Int      -- ^ Word8 index
                 -> Word8
 indexWord8Array (BA# ba#) (I# i#) = W8# (indexWord8Array# ba# i#)
 
--- | This isn't strictly Word16 array read. Instead it's two Word8 array reads
--- to avoid endianness issues due to primops doing automatic alignment based
--- on host platform. We expect the byte array to be LE always.
+-- | Decode Word16 from little-endian.
 indexWord16Array :: BA
                  -> Int      -- ^ Word8 index (not Word16)
                  -> Word16
-indexWord16Array ba i = fromIntegral lsb .|. (fromIntegral msb `shiftL` 8)
-  where
-    lsb = indexWord8Array ba i
-    msb = indexWord8Array ba (i + 1)
-
-#if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,16,0)
-
-encodeWord16LE# :: Word#              -- ^ Word16
-                -> (# Word#, Word# #) -- ^ Word8 (LSB, MSB)
-encodeWord16LE# x# = (# x# `and#` int2Word# 0xff#
-                     ,  x# `and#` int2Word# 0xff00# `shiftRL#` 8# #)
-
-decodeWord16LE# :: (# Word#, Word# #) -- ^ Word8 (LSB, MSB)
-                -> Word#              -- ^ Word16
-decodeWord16LE# (# lsb#, msb# #) = msb# `shiftL#` 8# `or#` lsb#
+indexWord16Array (BA# ba#) (I# i#) =
+  W16# (word16FromLE# (indexWord8ArrayAsWord16# ba# i#))
 
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,16,0)
+word16ToLE#, word16FromLE# :: Word16# -> Word16#
 #else
-
-encodeWord16LE# :: Word16#              -- ^ Word16
-                -> (# Word8#, Word8# #) -- ^ Word8 (LSB, MSB)
-encodeWord16LE# x# = (# word16ToWord8# x#
-                     ,  word16ToWord8# (x# `uncheckedShiftRLWord16#` 8#) #)
-  where
-    word16ToWord8# y = wordToWord8# (word16ToWord# y)
-
-decodeWord16LE# :: (# Word8#, Word8# #) -- ^ Word8 (LSB, MSB)
-                -> Word16#              -- ^ Word16
-decodeWord16LE# (# lsb#, msb# #) = ((word8ToWord16# msb# `uncheckedShiftLWord16#` 8#) `orWord16#` word8ToWord16# lsb#)
-  where
-    word8ToWord16# y = wordToWord16# (word8ToWord# y)
-
+word16ToLE#, word16FromLE# :: Word# -> Word#
+#endif
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+word16ToLE# = byteSwap16#
+#else
+word16ToLE# w# = w#
 #endif
+word16FromLE# = word16ToLE#
 
 setByteArray :: MBA s -> Int -> Int -> Int -> ST s ()
 setByteArray (MBA# dst#) (I# off#) (I# len#) (I# c#) =
diff --git a/os-string.cabal b/os-string.cabal
index 1fede4a..7bdf099 100644
--- a/os-string.cabal
+++ b/os-string.cabal
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ category:           System
 build-type:         Simple
 synopsis:           Library for manipulating Operating system strings.
 tested-with:
-  GHC ==8.0.2
-   || ==8.2.2
-   || ==8.4.4
-   || ==8.6.5
+  GHC ==8.6.5
    || ==8.8.4
    || ==8.10.7
    || ==9.0.2
-   || ==9.2.3
+   || ==9.2.8
+   || ==9.4.8
+   || ==9.6.3
+   || ==9.8.1
 
 description:
   This package provides functionality for manipulating @OsString@ values, and is shipped with <https://www.haskell.org/ghc/ GHC>.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ library
 
   default-language: Haskell2010
   build-depends:
-    , base              >=4.9      && <4.20
+    , base              >=4.12.0.0      && <4.20
     , bytestring        >=0.11.3.0
     , deepseq
     , exceptions