diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4dd4641..a582305 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "static-serve"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "bytes",
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "static-serve-macro"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 dependencies = [
  "display_full_error",
  "flate2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 67717ed..645d8a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.83"
 description = "A helper for compressing and embedding static assets in an Axum webserver"
diff --git a/static-serve-macro/src/error.rs b/static-serve-macro/src/error.rs
index c4c6c74..c232402 100644
--- a/static-serve-macro/src/error.rs
+++ b/static-serve-macro/src/error.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ pub(crate) enum Error {
     InvalidFileExtension(OsString),
     #[error("Cannot canonicalize assets directory")]
     CannotCanonicalizeDirectory(#[source] io::Error),
+    #[error("Cannot canonicalize asset file")]
+    CannotCanonicalizeFile(#[source] io::Error),
+    #[error("File path is not utf-8")]
+    FilePathIsNotUtf8,
     #[error("Invalid unicode in directory name")]
     InvalidUnicodeInDirectoryName,
     #[error("Cannot canonicalize ignore directory")]
@@ -33,8 +37,6 @@ pub(crate) enum Error {
     Glob(#[source] GlobError),
     #[error("Cannot get entry metadata")]
     CannotGetMetadata(#[source] io::Error),
-    #[error("Cannot canonicalize asset file")]
-    CannotCanonicalizeFile(#[source] io::Error),
 }
 
 struct UnknownFileExtension<'a>(Option<&'a OsStr>);
diff --git a/static-serve-macro/src/lib.rs b/static-serve-macro/src/lib.rs
index 81c71b2..25b07a7 100644
--- a/static-serve-macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/static-serve-macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ fn generate_static_routes(
             continue;
         }
 
+        let entry = entry
+            .canonicalize()
+            .map_err(Error::CannotCanonicalizeFile)?;
+        let entry_str = entry.to_str().ok_or(Error::FilePathIsNotUtf8)?;
         let EmbeddedFileInfo {
             entry_path,
             content_type,
@@ -405,7 +409,12 @@ fn generate_static_routes(
                 #entry_path,
                 #content_type,
                 #etag_str,
-                #lit_byte_str_contents,
+                {
+                    // Poor man's `tracked_path`
+                    // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/99515
+                    const _: &[u8] = include_bytes!(#entry_str);
+                    #lit_byte_str_contents
+                },
                 #maybe_gzip,
                 #maybe_zstd,
             );
@@ -429,6 +438,7 @@ fn generate_static_handler(
     let asset_file_abs = Path::new(&asset_file.value())
         .canonicalize()
         .map_err(Error::CannotCanonicalizeFile)?;
+    let asset_file_abs_str = asset_file_abs.to_str().ok_or(Error::FilePathIsNotUtf8)?;
 
     let EmbeddedFileInfo {
         entry_path: _,
@@ -451,7 +461,12 @@ fn generate_static_handler(
         ::static_serve::static_method_router(
             #content_type,
             #etag_str,
-            #lit_byte_str_contents,
+            {
+                // Poor man's `tracked_path`
+                // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/99515
+                const _: &[u8] = include_bytes!(#asset_file_abs_str);
+                #lit_byte_str_contents
+            },
             #maybe_gzip,
             #maybe_zstd,
         )
diff --git a/static-serve/Cargo.toml b/static-serve/Cargo.toml
index 6bb377b..2b3d678 100644
--- a/static-serve/Cargo.toml
+++ b/static-serve/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ categories.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-static-serve-macro = { path = "../static-serve-macro", version = "0.2.2" }
+static-serve-macro = { path = "../static-serve-macro", version = "=0.2.3" }
 axum = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 bytes = "1.10"