diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d8e65a8f3..89c8553c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1779,9 +1779,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nucleo"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6350a138d8860658523a7593cbf6813999d17a099371d14f70c5c905b37593e9"
+checksum = "5262af4c94921c2646c5ac6ff7900c2af9cbb08dc26a797e18130a7019c039d4"
 dependencies = [
  "nucleo-matcher",
  "parking_lot",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d9541b648..e7f784428 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ package.helix-term.opt-level = 2
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 tree-sitter = { version = "0.22" }
-nucleo = "0.4.1"
+nucleo = "0.5.0"
 slotmap = "1.0.7"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 
diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
index 1c47552d0..69a87f25b 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::{
 use futures_util::future::BoxFuture;
 use helix_event::AsyncHook;
 use nucleo::pattern::{CaseMatching, Normalization};
-use nucleo::{Config, Nucleo, Utf32String};
+use nucleo::{Config, Nucleo};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 use tui::{
@@ -135,14 +135,9 @@ fn inject_nucleo_item<T, D>(
     item: T,
     editor_data: &D,
 ) {
-    let column_texts: Vec<Utf32String> = columns
-        .iter()
-        .filter(|column| column.filter)
-        .map(|column| column.format_text(&item, editor_data).into())
-        .collect();
-    injector.push(item, |dst| {
-        for (i, text) in column_texts.into_iter().enumerate() {
-            dst[i] = text;
+    injector.push(item, |item, dst| {
+        for (column, text) in columns.iter().filter(|column| column.filter).zip(dst) {
+            *text = column.format_text(item, editor_data).into()
         }
     });
 }