diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 4d531646..9127ca19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: giraffate/clippy-action@v1.0.1
         with:
-          reporter: 'github-pr-check'
+          reporter: "github-pr-check"
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           clippy_flags: --workspace --all-features --tests --examples --bins -- -Dclippy::todo -Aunknown_lints
 
@@ -67,3 +67,31 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: check external types
         run: just check-external-types-all +${{ vars.RUST_VERSION_EXTERNAL_TYPES }}
+
+  public-api-diff:
+    name: Public API Diff
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout main branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.base_ref }}
+
+      - name: Checkout PR branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Rust (${{ vars.RUST_VERSION_API_DIFF }})
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1.8.0
+        with:
+          toolchain: ${{ vars.RUST_VERSION_API_DIFF }}
+
+      - name: Install cargo-public-api
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2.34.0
+        with:
+          tool: cargo-public-api
+
+      - name: Generate API diff
+        run: |
+          for f in $(find -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name Cargo.toml); do
+            cargo public-api --manifest-path "$f" --simplified diff ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}..${{ github.sha }}
+          done
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ef42a73b..3ff0b548 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ members = [
 [workspace.package]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.71"
+rust-version = "1.71.1"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 actix-codec = { path = "actix-codec" }
diff --git a/bytestring/src/lib.rs b/bytestring/src/lib.rs
index 4040401b..1108c449 100644
--- a/bytestring/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bytestring/src/lib.rs
@@ -506,13 +506,13 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[should_panic]
+    #[should_panic = "byte index 1 is not a char boundary;"]
     fn split_at_invalid_code_point() {
         ByteString::from_static("µ").split_at(1);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[should_panic]
+    #[should_panic = "byte index 9 is out of bounds"]
     fn split_at_outside_string() {
         ByteString::from_static("foo").split_at(9);
     }