diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 43cbfc79..b9603350 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -373,7 +373,10 @@ jobs:
         toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
 
     - name: Use specific dependency versions for Rust 1.63 compatibility.
-      run: cargo update --package=once_cell --precise=1.20.3
+      run: |
+        cargo update --package=once_cell --precise=1.20.3
+        cargo update --package=async-io --precise=2.5.0
+        cargo update --package=polling --precise=3.10.0
 
     # Don't use --all-features because some of the features have dependencies
     # that don't work on newer Rust versions.
diff --git a/cap-primitives/src/rustix/linux/fs/stat_impl.rs b/cap-primitives/src/rustix/linux/fs/stat_impl.rs
index b018c16d..df358a01 100644
--- a/cap-primitives/src/rustix/linux/fs/stat_impl.rs
+++ b/cap-primitives/src/rustix/linux/fs/stat_impl.rs
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ pub(crate) fn stat_impl(
     use crate::fs::{stat_unchecked, OpenOptionsExt};
     use std::path::Component;
 
-    // Optimization: if path has exactly one component and it's not ".." and
-    // we're not following symlinks we can go straight to `stat_unchecked`,
-    // which is faster than doing an open with a separate fstat.
+    // Optimization: if path has exactly one component and it's not ".." or
+    // anything non-normal and we're not following symlinks we can go straight
+    // to `stat_unchecked`, which is faster than doing an open with a separate
+    // `fstat`.
     if follow == FollowSymlinks::No {
         let mut components = path.components();
-        if let Some(component) = components.next() {
-            if components.next().is_none() && component != Component::ParentDir {
+        if let Some(Component::Normal(component)) = components.next() {
+            if components.next().is_none() {
                 return stat_unchecked(start, component.as_ref(), FollowSymlinks::No);
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/fs_additional.rs b/tests/fs_additional.rs
index 4fe7a17c..64716819 100644
--- a/tests/fs_additional.rs
+++ b/tests/fs_additional.rs
@@ -1380,3 +1380,23 @@ fn dotdot_slashdot_at_end_of_symlink_all_inside_dir() {
         let _entry = check!(entry);
     }
 }
+
+/// Ensure that a path of "/" is rejected.
+#[test]
+fn statat_slash() {
+    let tmpdir = tmpdir();
+
+    error_contains!(tmpdir.metadata("/"), "a path led outside of the filesystem");
+    error_contains!(
+        tmpdir.metadata("/foo"),
+        "a path led outside of the filesystem"
+    );
+    error_contains!(
+        tmpdir.symlink_metadata("/"),
+        "a path led outside of the filesyste"
+    );
+    error_contains!(
+        tmpdir.symlink_metadata("/foo"),
+        "a path led outside of the filesyste"
+    );
+}