diff --git a/BaseUri.php b/BaseUri.php
index 502a0d13..017bf777 100644
--- a/BaseUri.php
+++ b/BaseUri.php
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 
 final class BaseUri implements Stringable, JsonSerializable
 {
-    private const WHATWG_SPECIAL_SCHEMES = ['ftp', 'http', 'https', 'ws', 'wss'];
-    private const REGEXP_ENCODED_CHARS = ',%(2[D|E]|3\d|4[1-9|A-F]|5[\d|AF]|6[1-9|A-F]|7[\d|E]),i';
+    private const WHATWG_SPECIAL_SCHEMES = ['ftp' => 1, 'http' => 1, 'https' => 1, 'ws' => 1, 'wss' => 1];
 
     /**
      * @var array<string,int>
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ final class BaseUri implements Stringable, JsonSerializable
     private readonly ?string $nullValue;
 
     private function __construct(
-        public readonly Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $value
+        private readonly Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $value
     ) {
         $this->nullValue = $this->value instanceof Psr7UriInterface ? '' : null;
         $this->origin = $this->computeOrigin($this->value, $this->nullValue);
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ private function computeOrigin(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri, ?string $null
             $scheme = $uri->getScheme();
         }
 
-        if (!in_array($scheme, self::WHATWG_SPECIAL_SCHEMES, true)) {
+        if (!isset(self::WHATWG_SPECIAL_SCHEMES[$scheme])) {
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -67,9 +66,9 @@ private function computeOrigin(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri, ?string $null
             ->withUserInfo($nullValue);
     }
 
-    public static function new(Stringable|string $baseUri): self
+    public static function new(Stringable|string $uri): self
     {
-        return new self(self::filterUri($baseUri));
+        return new self(self::filterUri($uri));
     }
 
     public function jsonSerialize(): mixed
@@ -82,6 +81,20 @@ public function __toString(): string
         return $this->value->__toString();
     }
 
+    public function uri(): Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface
+    {
+        return $this->value;
+    }
+
+    public function origin(): ?self
+    {
+        if (null === $this->origin) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return new self($this->origin);
+    }
+
     public function isAbsolute(): bool
     {
         return $this->nullValue !== $this->value->getScheme();
@@ -131,8 +144,9 @@ private function normalize(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): string
         $pairs = null === $query ? [] : explode('&', $query);
         sort($pairs);
 
+        static $regexpEncodedChars = ',%(2[D|E]|3\d|4[1-9|A-F]|5[\d|AF]|6[1-9|A-F]|7[\d|E]),i';
         $value = preg_replace_callback(
-            self::REGEXP_ENCODED_CHARS,
+            $regexpEncodedChars,
             static fn (array $matches): string => rawurldecode($matches[0]),
             [$path, implode('&', $pairs)]
         ) ?? ['', $null];
@@ -150,15 +164,6 @@ private function normalize(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): string
             ->__toString();
     }
 
-    public function origin(): ?self
-    {
-        if (null === $this->origin) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        return new self($this->origin);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Tells whether two URI do not share the same origin.
      */
diff --git a/Uri.php b/Uri.php
index cc7b4fd6..17c8a05a 100644
--- a/Uri.php
+++ b/Uri.php
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ public static function fromBaseUri(Stringable|String $uri, Stringable|String|nul
             }
 
             /** @var UriInterface $uri */
-            $uri = BaseUri::new($uri->withFragment(null)->withQuery(null)->withPath(''))->resolve($uri)->value;
+            $uri = BaseUri::new($uri->withFragment(null)->withQuery(null)->withPath(''))->resolve($uri)->uri();
 
             return $uri;
         }
@@ -456,12 +456,12 @@ public static function fromBaseUri(Stringable|String $uri, Stringable|String|nul
             $baseUri = BaseUri::new($baseUri);
         }
 
-        if (null === $baseUri->value->getScheme()) {
-            throw new SyntaxError('the base URI `'.$baseUri->value.'` must be absolute.');
+        if (null === $baseUri->uri()->getScheme()) {
+            throw new SyntaxError('the base URI `'.$baseUri.'` must be absolute.');
         }
 
         /** @var UriInterface $uri */
-        $uri = $baseUri->resolve($uri)->value;
+        $uri = $baseUri->resolve($uri)->uri();
 
         return $uri;
     }
diff --git a/UriResolver.php b/UriResolver.php
index f7162a22..9a889c5b 100644
--- a/UriResolver.php
+++ b/UriResolver.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ final class UriResolver
      */
     public static function resolve(Stringable|string $uri, Stringable|string $baseUri): Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface
     {
-        return BaseUri::new($baseUri)->resolve($uri)->value;
+        return BaseUri::new($baseUri)->resolve($uri)->uri();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ public static function resolve(Stringable|string $uri, Stringable|string $baseUr
      */
     public static function relativize(Stringable|string $uri, Stringable|string $baseUri): Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface
     {
-        return BaseUri::new($baseUri)->relativize($uri)->value;
+        return BaseUri::new($baseUri)->relativize($uri)->uri();
     }
 }