diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30575b6..127315f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 ## v2.0.1
 
 - Improved parsing performance slightly and reduced memory usage up to 50%
+- Significantly improved IPV4 parsing performance
diff --git a/src/gluri/internal/parser.gleam b/src/gluri/internal/parser.gleam
index 9a0dc80..a2acb6a 100644
--- a/src/gluri/internal/parser.gleam
+++ b/src/gluri/internal/parser.gleam
@@ -421,39 +421,73 @@ fn parse_ipv4address(str: String) {
   Ok(#(oct1 <> "." <> oct2 <> "." <> oct3 <> "." <> oct4, rest))
 }
 
-const octet_matches = [
-  ["2", "5", "012345"],
-  ["2", "01234", "0123456789"],
-  ["1", "0123456789", "0123456789"],
-  ["123456789", "0123456789"],
-  ["0123456789"],
-]
-
 // dec-octet     = DIGIT                 ; 0-9
 //              / %x31-39 DIGIT         ; 10-99
 //              / "1" 2DIGIT            ; 100-199
 //              / "2" %x30-34 DIGIT     ; 200-249
 //              / "25" %x30-35          ; 250-255
-fn parse_dec_octet(str: String) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil) {
-  list.fold_until(octet_matches, Error(Nil), fn(_, chars) {
-    case
-      list.fold_until(chars, #("", str), fn(acc, charset) {
-        let #(octet, str) = acc
-        case string.pop_grapheme(str) {
-          Error(_) -> Stop(#("", ""))
-          Ok(#(char, rest)) -> {
-            case string.contains(charset, char) {
-              True -> Continue(#(octet <> char, rest))
-              False -> Stop(#("", ""))
-            }
+pub fn parse_dec_octet(str: String) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil) {
+  try_parsers(
+    [
+      parse_this_then(_, [
+        fn(str) {
+          case str {
+            "2" as l <> rest -> Ok(#(l, rest))
+            _ -> Error(Nil)
           }
-        }
-      })
-    {
-      #("", _) -> Continue(Error(Nil))
-      #(octet, rest) -> Stop(Ok(#(octet, rest)))
-    }
-  })
+        },
+        fn(str) {
+          case str {
+            "5" as l <> rest -> Ok(#(l, rest))
+            _ -> Error(Nil)
+          }
+        },
+        fn(str) {
+          case str {
+            "0" as l <> rest
+            | "1" as l <> rest
+            | "2" as l <> rest
+            | "3" as l <> rest
+            | "4" as l <> rest
+            | "5" as l <> rest -> Ok(#(l, rest))
+            _ -> Error(Nil)
+          }
+        },
+      ]),
+      parse_this_then(_, [
+        fn(str) {
+          case str {
+            "2" as l <> rest -> Ok(#(l, rest))
+            _ -> Error(Nil)
+          }
+        },
+        fn(str) {
+          case str {
+            "0" as l <> rest
+            | "1" as l <> rest
+            | "2" as l <> rest
+            | "3" as l <> rest
+            | "4" as l <> rest -> Ok(#(l, rest))
+            _ -> Error(Nil)
+          }
+        },
+        parse_digit,
+      ]),
+      parse_this_then(_, [
+        fn(str) {
+          case str {
+            "1" as l <> rest -> Ok(#(l, rest))
+            _ -> Error(Nil)
+          }
+        },
+        parse_digit,
+        parse_digit,
+      ]),
+      parse_this_then(_, [parse_digit_nz, parse_digit]),
+      parse_digit,
+    ],
+    str,
+  )
 }
 
 // reg-name      = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims )
@@ -727,6 +761,21 @@ fn parse_digit(str: String) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil) {
   }
 }
 
+fn parse_digit_nz(str: String) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil) {
+  case str {
+    "1" as l <> rest
+    | "2" as l <> rest
+    | "3" as l <> rest
+    | "4" as l <> rest
+    | "5" as l <> rest
+    | "6" as l <> rest
+    | "7" as l <> rest
+    | "8" as l <> rest
+    | "9" as l <> rest -> Ok(#(l, rest))
+    _ -> Error(Nil)
+  }
+}
+
 fn parse_digits(str: String, digits: String) {
   case parse_digit(str) {
     Ok(#(d, rest)) -> {
diff --git a/src/gluri/internal/utils.gleam b/src/gluri/internal/utils.gleam
index e7ac767..8d71711 100644
--- a/src/gluri/internal/utils.gleam
+++ b/src/gluri/internal/utils.gleam
@@ -154,15 +154,23 @@ pub fn parse_this_then(
   to_parse str: String,
   with parsers: List(fn(String) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil)),
 ) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil) {
-  list.fold_until(parsers, Ok(#("", str)), fn(acc, parser) {
-    let assert Ok(#(res, str)) = acc
-    case parser(str) {
-      Ok(#(res2, rest)) -> {
-        Continue(Ok(#(res <> res2, rest)))
+  do_parse_this_then(str, "", parsers)
+}
+
+fn do_parse_this_then(
+  to_parse str: String,
+  from initial: String,
+  with parsers: List(fn(String) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil)),
+) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil) {
+  case parsers {
+    [] -> Ok(#(initial, str))
+    [head, ..tail] -> {
+      case head(str) {
+        Ok(#(res, rest)) -> do_parse_this_then(rest, initial <> res, tail)
+        Error(_) -> Error(Nil)
       }
-      Error(Nil) -> Stop(Error(Nil))
     }
-  })
+  }
 }
 
 pub fn parse_multiple(
diff --git a/test/benchmark.gleam b/test/benchmark.gleam
index 2e44eb8..7b6ac06 100644
--- a/test/benchmark.gleam
+++ b/test/benchmark.gleam
@@ -12,6 +12,28 @@ pub fn main() {
 
   parse_benchmark()
   // reg_name_benchmark()
+  // ip_benchmark()
+}
+
+@target(erlang)
+pub fn ip_benchmark() {
+  benchmark.run(
+    [
+      benchmark.Function("ip_benchmark", fn(data) {
+        fn() {
+          let _ = parser.parse_dec_octet(data)
+          Nil
+        }
+      }),
+    ],
+    [
+      benchmark.Data("173", "173"),
+      benchmark.Data("5", "5"),
+      benchmark.Data("200", "200"),
+      benchmark.Data("255", "255"),
+      benchmark.Data("fail", "2b"),
+    ],
+  )
 }
 
 @target(erlang)