diff --git a/.clippy.toml b/.clippy.toml
index 492e05c..7846a3e 100644
--- a/.clippy.toml
+++ b/.clippy.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-msrv = "1.34"
+msrv = "1.47"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d2f9368..3981185 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # When updating this, the reminder to update the minimum supported
         # Rust version in Cargo.toml and .clippy.toml.
-        rust: ['1.34']
+        rust: ['1.47']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install Rust
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4621f01..0e1eb68 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name = "polling"
 version = "2.3.0"
 authors = ["Stjepan Glavina <stjepang@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
-rust-version = "1.34"
+rust-version = "1.47"
 description = "Portable interface to epoll, kqueue, event ports, and wepoll"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/smol-rs/polling"
diff --git a/src/epoll.rs b/src/epoll.rs
index 8465131..59b7fc3 100644
--- a/src/epoll.rs
+++ b/src/epoll.rs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ fn write_flags() -> libc::c_int {
 
 /// A list of reported I/O events.
 pub struct Events {
-    list: Box<[libc::epoll_event]>,
+    list: Box<[libc::epoll_event; 1024]>,
     len: usize,
 }
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ impl Events {
     /// Creates an empty list.
     pub fn new() -> Events {
         let ev = libc::epoll_event { events: 0, u64: 0 };
-        let list = vec![ev; 1000].into_boxed_slice();
+        let list = Box::new([ev; 1024]);
         let len = 0;
         Events { list, len }
     }
diff --git a/src/kqueue.rs b/src/kqueue.rs
index d6c3d89..3536b53 100644
--- a/src/kqueue.rs
+++ b/src/kqueue.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl Drop for Poller {
 
 /// A list of reported I/O events.
 pub struct Events {
-    list: Box<[libc::kevent]>,
+    list: Box<[libc::kevent; 1024]>,
     len: usize,
 }
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ impl Events {
             data: 0,
             udata: 0 as _,
         };
-        let list = vec![ev; 1000].into_boxed_slice();
+        let list = Box::new([ev; 1024]);
         let len = 0;
         Events { list, len }
     }
diff --git a/src/port.rs b/src/port.rs
index a759768..cecabdc 100644
--- a/src/port.rs
+++ b/src/port.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ fn write_flags() -> libc::c_short {
 
 /// A list of reported I/O events.
 pub struct Events {
-    list: Box<[libc::port_event]>,
+    list: Box<[libc::port_event; 1024]>,
     len: usize,
 }
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ impl Events {
             portev_object: 0,
             portev_user: 0 as _,
         };
-        let list = vec![ev; 1000].into_boxed_slice();
+        let list = Box::new([ev; 1024]);
         let len = 0;
         Events { list, len }
     }
diff --git a/src/wepoll.rs b/src/wepoll.rs
index 998f726..5b1ba75 100644
--- a/src/wepoll.rs
+++ b/src/wepoll.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ const WRITE_FLAGS: u32 = we::EPOLLOUT | we::EPOLLHUP | we::EPOLLERR;
 
 /// A list of reported I/O events.
 pub struct Events {
-    list: Box<[we::epoll_event]>,
+    list: Box<[we::epoll_event; 1024]>,
     len: usize,
 }
 
@@ -213,10 +213,8 @@ impl Events {
             events: 0,
             data: we::epoll_data { u64_: 0 },
         };
-        Events {
-            list: vec![ev; 1000].into_boxed_slice(),
-            len: 0,
-        }
+        let list = Box::new([ev; 1024]);
+        Events { list, len: 0 }
     }
 
     /// Iterates over I/O events.