diff --git a/rbx_binary/Cargo.toml b/rbx_binary/Cargo.toml
index 944c8e5e7..840fc7f34 100644
--- a/rbx_binary/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rbx_binary/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ rbx_dom_weak = { version = "2.9.0", path = "../rbx_dom_weak" }
 rbx_reflection = { version = "4.7.0", path = "../rbx_reflection" }
 rbx_reflection_database = { version = "0.2.12", path = "../rbx_reflection_database" }
 
+ahash = "0.8.11"
 log = "0.4.17"
 lz4 = "1.23.3"
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
diff --git a/rbx_binary/src/deserializer/state.rs b/rbx_binary/src/deserializer/state.rs
index 172287f34..f47796c3d 100644
--- a/rbx_binary/src/deserializer/state.rs
+++ b/rbx_binary/src/deserializer/state.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-use std::{
-    borrow::Cow,
-    collections::{HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque},
-    convert::TryInto,
-    io::Read,
-};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::VecDeque, convert::TryInto, io::Read};
 
+use ahash::{HashMap, HashMapExt, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use rbx_dom_weak::{
     types::{
         Attributes, Axes, BinaryString, BrickColor, CFrame, Color3, Color3uint8, ColorSequence,
diff --git a/rbx_binary/src/serializer/state.rs b/rbx_binary/src/serializer/state.rs
index a068cca7f..ac5b70a92 100644
--- a/rbx_binary/src/serializer/state.rs
+++ b/rbx_binary/src/serializer/state.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use std::{
     borrow::{Borrow, Cow},
-    collections::{btree_map, BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet},
+    collections::{btree_map, BTreeMap, BTreeSet},
     convert::TryInto,
     io::Write,
 };
 
+use ahash::{HashMap, HashMapExt, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use rbx_dom_weak::{
     types::{
         Attributes, Axes, BinaryString, BrickColor, CFrame, Color3, Color3uint8, ColorSequence,
diff --git a/rbx_dom_weak/CHANGELOG.md b/rbx_dom_weak/CHANGELOG.md
index f1a05354a..27d245cbc 100644
--- a/rbx_dom_weak/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/rbx_dom_weak/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ where
     V: Into<Variant>,
     I: IntoIterator<Item = (K, V)>,
 ```
+* Started using [ahash](https://docs.rs/ahash/latest/ahash/) for hash maps, consequently changing the signature of `WeakDom::into_raw` from
+```rust
+pub fn into_raw(self) -> (Ref, HashMap<Ref, Instance, RandomState>) {
+```
+to
+```rust
+pub fn into_raw(self) -> (Ref, HashMap<Ref, Instance, ahash::RandomState>) {
+```
 
 ### Other changes
 * Added `UstrMapExt`, a helper trait providing convenience methods `UstrMap::new` and `UstrMap::with_capacity`.
diff --git a/rbx_dom_weak/Cargo.toml b/rbx_dom_weak/Cargo.toml
index 64d4cdb15..d77f9b7be 100644
--- a/rbx_dom_weak/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rbx_dom_weak/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 rbx_types = { version = "1.10.0", path = "../rbx_types", features = ["serde"] }
 ustr = { version = "1.1.0", features = ["serde"] }
 
+ahash = "0.8.11"
 serde = "1.0.137"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/rbx_dom_weak/src/dom.rs b/rbx_dom_weak/src/dom.rs
index a9e4fa423..ef93d495a 100644
--- a/rbx_dom_weak/src/dom.rs
+++ b/rbx_dom_weak/src/dom.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 
+use ahash::{HashMap, HashMapExt, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use rbx_types::{Ref, UniqueId, Variant};
 use ustr::ustr;
 
diff --git a/rbx_xml/Cargo.toml b/rbx_xml/Cargo.toml
index bedf265f5..75164fedd 100644
--- a/rbx_xml/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rbx_xml/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ rbx_dom_weak = { version = "2.9.0", path = "../rbx_dom_weak" }
 rbx_reflection = { version = "4.7.0", path = "../rbx_reflection" }
 rbx_reflection_database = { version = "0.2.12", path = "../rbx_reflection_database" }
 
+ahash = "0.8.11"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
 xml-rs = "0.8.4"
diff --git a/rbx_xml/src/deserializer.rs b/rbx_xml/src/deserializer.rs
index ec4dc876c..7eb52fbaf 100644
--- a/rbx_xml/src/deserializer.rs
+++ b/rbx_xml/src/deserializer.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-use std::{
-    collections::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap, HashSet},
-    io::Read,
-};
+use std::{collections::hash_map::Entry, io::Read};
 
+use ahash::{HashMap, HashMapExt, HashSet, HashSetExt};
 use log::trace;
 use rbx_dom_weak::{
     types::{Ref, SharedString, Variant, VariantType},
diff --git a/rbx_xml/src/serializer.rs b/rbx_xml/src/serializer.rs
index d4fcf8fb2..652a5f5f2 100644
--- a/rbx_xml/src/serializer.rs
+++ b/rbx_xml/src/serializer.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-use std::{
-    borrow::Cow,
-    collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap},
-    io::Write,
-};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::BTreeMap, io::Write};
 
+use ahash::{HashMap, HashMapExt};
 use rbx_dom_weak::{
     types::{Ref, SharedString, SharedStringHash, Variant, VariantType},
     WeakDom,