diff --git a/components/Modifier.php b/components/Modifier.php
index f2cacf6f..4e314940 100644
--- a/components/Modifier.php
+++ b/components/Modifier.php
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 use League\Uri\Contracts\UriAccess;
 use League\Uri\Contracts\UriInterface;
 use League\Uri\Exceptions\SyntaxError;
-use League\Uri\IPv4\Converter;
+use League\Uri\Idna\Converter as IdnConverter;
+use League\Uri\IPv4\Converter as IPv4Converter;
 use Psr\Http\Message\UriFactoryInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\UriInterface as Psr7UriInterface;
 use Stringable;
@@ -195,12 +196,15 @@ public function appendLabel(Stringable|string|null $label): static
      */
     public function hostToAscii(): static
     {
-        return new static($this->uri->withHost(
-            static::normalizeComponent(
-                Host::fromUri($this->uri)->value(),
-                $this->uri
-            )
-        ));
+        $currentHost = $this->uri->getHost();
+        $host = IdnConverter::toAsciiOrFail((string) $currentHost);
+
+        return match (true) {
+            null === $currentHost,
+            '' === $currentHost,
+            $host === $currentHost => $this,
+            default => new static($this->uri->withHost($host)),
+        };
     }
 
     /**
@@ -208,12 +212,15 @@ public function hostToAscii(): static
      */
     public function hostToUnicode(): static
     {
-        return new static($this->uri->withHost(
-            static::normalizeComponent(
-                Host::fromUri($this->uri)->toUnicode(),
-                $this->uri
-            )
-        ));
+        $currentHost = $this->uri->getHost();
+        $host = IdnConverter::toUnicode((string) $currentHost)->domain();
+
+        return match (true) {
+            null === $currentHost,
+            '' === $currentHost,
+            $host === $currentHost => $this,
+            default => new static($this->uri->withHost($host)),
+        };
     }
 
     /**
@@ -312,13 +319,13 @@ public function removeLabels(int ...$keys): static
      */
     public function removeRootLabel(): static
     {
-        $currentHost = $this->uri->getHost();
+        $host = $this->uri->getHost();
 
         return match (true) {
-            null === $currentHost,
-            '' === $currentHost,
-            !str_ends_with($currentHost, '.') => $this,
-            default => new static($this->uri->withHost(substr($currentHost, 0, -1))),
+            null === $host,
+            '' === $host,
+            !str_ends_with($host, '.') => $this,
+            default => new static($this->uri->withHost(substr($host, 0, -1))),
         };
     }
 
@@ -342,12 +349,17 @@ public function sliceLabels(int $offset, int $length = null): static
      */
     public function removeZoneId(): static
     {
-        return new static($this->uri->withHost(
-            static::normalizeComponent(
-                Host::fromUri($this->uri)->withoutZoneIdentifier()->value(),
-                $this->uri
-            )
-        ));
+        $host = Host::fromUri($this->uri);
+
+        return match (true) {
+            $host->hasZoneIdentifier() => new static($this->uri->withHost(
+                static::normalizeComponent(
+                    Host::fromUri($this->uri)->withoutZoneIdentifier()->value(),
+                    $this->uri
+                )
+            )),
+            default => $this,
+        };
     }
 
     /**
@@ -584,11 +596,11 @@ final protected static function normalizeComponent(?string $component, Psr7UriIn
         };
     }
 
-    final protected static function ipv4Converter(): Converter
+    final protected static function ipv4Converter(): IPv4Converter
     {
         static $converter;
 
-        $converter = $converter ?? Converter::fromEnvironment();
+        $converter = $converter ?? IPv4Converter::fromEnvironment();
 
         return $converter;
     }
diff --git a/components/ModifierTest.php b/components/ModifierTest.php
index 38463233..0f5e5714 100644
--- a/components/ModifierTest.php
+++ b/components/ModifierTest.php
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ public static function validHostProvider(): array
         ];
     }
 
+    public function testItCanSliceHostLabels(): void
+    {
+        $uri = 'http://www.localhost.co.uk/path/to/the/sky/';
+
+        self::assertSame('http://www.localhost/path/to/the/sky/', Modifier::from($uri)->sliceLabels(2, 2)->getUriString());
+    }
+
     public function testAppendLabelWithIpv4Host(): void
     {
         $uri = Http::new('http://127.0.0.1/foo/bar');
@@ -708,4 +715,11 @@ public static function providesInvalidMethodNames(): iterable
         yield 'unknown method' => ['method' => 'unknownMethod'];
         yield 'case sensitive method' => ['method' => 'rePLAceExtenSIOn'];
     }
+
+    public function testItCanSlicePathSegments(): void
+    {
+        $uri = 'http://www.localhost.com/path/to/the/sky/';
+
+        self::assertSame('http://www.localhost.com/the/sky/', Modifier::from($uri)->sliceSegments(2, 2)->getUriString());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/interfaces/IPv4/Converter.php b/interfaces/IPv4/Converter.php
index df2c97ad..b746c46a 100644
--- a/interfaces/IPv4/Converter.php
+++ b/interfaces/IPv4/Converter.php
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ final class Converter
         '/^(?<number>\d+)$/' => 10,
     ];
 
-    private readonly mixed $maxIpv4Number;
+    private readonly mixed $maxIPv4Number;
 
     public function __construct(
         private readonly Calculator $calculator
     ) {
-        $this->maxIpv4Number = $calculator->sub($calculator->pow(2, 32), 1);
+        $this->maxIPv4Number = $calculator->sub($calculator->pow(2, 32), 1);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public function toDecimal(Stringable|string|null $host): ?string
      *
      * @see https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#ipv4-number-parser
      *
-     * @return mixed Returns null if it can not correctly convert the label
+     * @return mixed returns null if it can not correctly convert the label
      */
     private function labelToNumber(string $label): mixed
     {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ private function labelToNumber(string $label): mixed
             }
 
             $number = $this->calculator->baseConvert($number, $base);
-            if (0 <= $this->calculator->compare($number, 0) && 0 >= $this->calculator->compare($number, $this->maxIpv4Number)) {
+            if (0 <= $this->calculator->compare($number, 0) && 0 >= $this->calculator->compare($number, $this->maxIPv4Number)) {
                 return $number;
             }
         }
diff --git a/interfaces/UriString.php b/interfaces/UriString.php
index 2814c41a..2b105128 100644
--- a/interfaces/UriString.php
+++ b/interfaces/UriString.php
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
  * @author  Ignace Nyamagana Butera <nyamsprod@gmail.com>
  * @since   6.0.0
  *
+ * @phpstan-type AuthorityMap array{user:?string, pass:?string, host:?string, port:?int}
  * @phpstan-type ComponentMap array{scheme:?string, user:?string, pass:?string, host:?string, port:?int, path:string, query:?string, fragment:?string}
  * @phpstan-type InputComponentMap array{scheme? : ?string, user? : ?string, pass? : ?string, host? : ?string, port? : ?int, path? : ?string, query? : ?string, fragment? : ?string}
- * @phpstan-type AuthorityMap array{user:?string, pass:?string, host:?string, port:?int}
  */
 final class UriString
 {
diff --git a/uri/BaseUri.php b/uri/BaseUri.php
index a95d04d5..25c4995d 100644
--- a/uri/BaseUri.php
+++ b/uri/BaseUri.php
@@ -54,39 +54,6 @@ final protected function __construct(
         $this->origin = $this->computeOrigin($this->uri, $this->nullValue);
     }
 
-    final protected function computeOrigin(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri, ?string $nullValue): Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface|null
-    {
-        $scheme = $uri->getScheme();
-        if ('blob' !== $scheme) {
-            return match (true) {
-                isset(static::WHATWG_SPECIAL_SCHEMES[$scheme]) => $uri
-                    ->withFragment($nullValue)
-                    ->withQuery($nullValue)
-                    ->withPath('')
-                    ->withUserInfo($nullValue),
-                default => null,
-            };
-        }
-
-        $components = UriString::parse($uri->getPath());
-        if ($uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface) {
-            /** @var ComponentMap $components */
-            $components = array_map(fn ($component) => null === $component ? '' : $component, $components);
-        }
-
-        return match (true) {
-            null !== $components['scheme'] && isset(static::WHATWG_SPECIAL_SCHEMES[strtolower($components['scheme'])]) => $uri
-                ->withFragment($nullValue)
-                ->withQuery($nullValue)
-                ->withPath('')
-                ->withHost($components['host'])
-                ->withPort($components['port'])
-                ->withScheme($components['scheme'])
-                ->withUserInfo($nullValue),
-            default => null,
-        };
-    }
-
     public static function from(Stringable|string $uri, ?UriFactoryInterface $uriFactory = null): static
     {
         return new static(static::formatHost(static::filterUri($uri, $uriFactory)), $uriFactory);
@@ -135,22 +102,37 @@ public function origin(): ?self
      */
     public function isCrossOrigin(Stringable|string $uri): bool
     {
-        return null === $this->origin
-            || null === ($uriOrigin = $this->computeOrigin(static::filterUri($uri), null))
+        if (null === $this->origin) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $uri = static::filterUri($uri);
+        $uriOrigin = $this->computeOrigin($uri, $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface ? '' : null);
+
+        return null === $uriOrigin
             || $uriOrigin->__toString() !== $this->origin->__toString();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tells whether the URI is absolute.
+     */
     public function isAbsolute(): bool
     {
         return $this->nullValue !== $this->uri->getScheme();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tells whether the URI is a network path.
+     */
     public function isNetworkPath(): bool
     {
         return $this->nullValue === $this->uri->getScheme()
             && $this->nullValue !== $this->uri->getAuthority();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tells whether the URI is an absolute path.
+     */
     public function isAbsolutePath(): bool
     {
         return $this->nullValue === $this->uri->getScheme()
@@ -158,6 +140,9 @@ public function isAbsolutePath(): bool
             && '/' === ($this->uri->getPath()[0] ?? '');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tells whether the URI is a relative path.
+     */
     public function isRelativePath(): bool
     {
         return $this->nullValue === $this->uri->getScheme()
@@ -173,56 +158,6 @@ public function isSameDocument(Stringable|string $uri): bool
         return $this->normalize(static::filterUri($uri)) === $this->normalize($this->uri);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Normalizes a URI for comparison.
-     */
-    final protected function normalize(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): string
-    {
-        $null = $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface ? '' : null;
-
-        $path = $uri->getPath();
-        if ('/' === ($path[0] ?? '') || '' !== $uri->getScheme().$uri->getAuthority()) {
-            $path = $this->removeDotSegments($path);
-        }
-
-        $query = $uri->getQuery();
-        $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(
-            $regexpEncodedChars,
-            static fn (array $matches): string => rawurldecode($matches[0]),
-            [$path, implode('&', $pairs)]
-        ) ?? ['', $null];
-
-        [$path, $query] = $value + ['', $null];
-        if ($null !== $uri->getAuthority() && '' === $path) {
-            $path = '/';
-        }
-
-        return $uri
-            ->withHost(Uri::fromComponents(['host' => $uri->getHost()])->getHost())
-            ->withPath($path)
-            ->withQuery([] === $pairs ? $null : $query)
-            ->withFragment($null)
-            ->__toString();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Input URI normalization to allow Stringable and string URI.
-     */
-    final protected static function filterUri(Stringable|string $uri, UriFactoryInterface|null $uriFactory = null): Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface
-    {
-        return match (true) {
-            $uri instanceof UriAccess => $uri->getUri(),
-            $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface,
-            $uri instanceof UriInterface => $uri,
-            $uriFactory instanceof UriFactoryInterface => $uriFactory->createUri((string) $uri),
-            default => Uri::new($uri),
-        };
-    }
-
     /**
      * Resolves a URI against a base URI using RFC3986 rules.
      *
@@ -232,7 +167,7 @@ final protected static function filterUri(Stringable|string $uri, UriFactoryInte
      * This method MUST be transparent when dealing with error and exceptions.
      * It MUST not alter or silence them apart from validating its own parameters.
      */
-    final public function resolve(Stringable|string $uri): static
+    public function resolve(Stringable|string $uri): static
     {
         $uri = static::formatHost(static::filterUri($uri, $this->uriFactory));
         $null = $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface ? '' : null;
@@ -275,7 +210,122 @@ final public function resolve(Stringable|string $uri): static
     }
 
     /**
-     * Remove dot segments from the URI path.
+     * Relativize a URI according to a base URI.
+     *
+     * This method MUST retain the state of the submitted URI instance, and return
+     * a URI instance of the same type that contains the applied modifications.
+     *
+     * This method MUST be transparent when dealing with error and exceptions.
+     * It MUST not alter of silence them apart from validating its own parameters.
+     */
+    public function relativize(Stringable|string $uri): static
+    {
+        $uri = static::formatHost(static::filterUri($uri, $this->uriFactory));
+        if ($this->canNotBeRelativize($uri)) {
+            return new static($uri, $this->uriFactory);
+        }
+
+        $null = $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface ? '' : null;
+        $uri = $uri->withScheme($null)->withPort(null)->withUserInfo($null)->withHost($null);
+        $targetPath = $uri->getPath();
+        $basePath = $this->uri->getPath();
+
+        return new static(
+            match (true) {
+                $targetPath !== $basePath => $uri->withPath(static::relativizePath($targetPath, $basePath)),
+                static::componentEquals('query', $uri) => $uri->withPath('')->withQuery($null),
+                $null === $uri->getQuery() => $uri->withPath(static::formatPathWithEmptyBaseQuery($targetPath)),
+                default => $uri->withPath(''),
+            },
+            $this->uriFactory
+        );
+    }
+
+    final protected function computeOrigin(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri, ?string $nullValue): Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface|null
+    {
+        $scheme = $uri->getScheme();
+        if ('blob' !== $scheme) {
+            return match (true) {
+                isset(static::WHATWG_SPECIAL_SCHEMES[$scheme]) => $uri
+                    ->withFragment($nullValue)
+                    ->withQuery($nullValue)
+                    ->withPath('')
+                    ->withUserInfo($nullValue),
+                default => null,
+            };
+        }
+
+        $components = UriString::parse($uri->getPath());
+        if ($uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface) {
+            /** @var ComponentMap $components */
+            $components = array_map(fn ($component) => null === $component ? '' : $component, $components);
+        }
+
+        return match (true) {
+            null !== $components['scheme'] && isset(static::WHATWG_SPECIAL_SCHEMES[strtolower($components['scheme'])]) => $uri
+                ->withFragment($nullValue)
+                ->withQuery($nullValue)
+                ->withPath('')
+                ->withHost($components['host'])
+                ->withPort($components['port'])
+                ->withScheme($components['scheme'])
+                ->withUserInfo($nullValue),
+            default => null,
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Normalizes a URI for comparison; this URI string representation is not suitable for usage as per RFC guidelines.
+     */
+    final protected function normalize(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): string
+    {
+        $null = $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface ? '' : null;
+
+        $path = $uri->getPath();
+        if ('/' === ($path[0] ?? '') || '' !== $uri->getScheme().$uri->getAuthority()) {
+            $path = $this->removeDotSegments($path);
+        }
+
+        $query = $uri->getQuery();
+        $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(
+            $regexpEncodedChars,
+            static fn (array $matches): string => rawurldecode($matches[0]),
+            [$path, implode('&', $pairs)]
+        ) ?? ['', $null];
+
+        [$path, $query] = $value + ['', $null];
+        if ($null !== $uri->getAuthority() && '' === $path) {
+            $path = '/';
+        }
+
+        return $uri
+            ->withHost(Uri::fromComponents(['host' => $uri->getHost()])->getHost())
+            ->withPath($path)
+            ->withQuery([] === $pairs ? $null : $query)
+            ->withFragment($null)
+            ->__toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Input URI normalization to allow Stringable and string URI.
+     */
+    final protected static function filterUri(Stringable|string $uri, UriFactoryInterface|null $uriFactory = null): Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface
+    {
+        return match (true) {
+            $uri instanceof UriAccess => $uri->getUri(),
+            $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface,
+            $uri instanceof UriInterface => $uri,
+            $uriFactory instanceof UriFactoryInterface => $uriFactory->createUri((string) $uri),
+            default => Uri::new($uri),
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove dot segments from the URI path as per RFC specification.
      */
     final protected function removeDotSegments(string $path): string
     {
@@ -283,8 +333,22 @@ final protected function removeDotSegments(string $path): string
             return $path;
         }
 
+        $reducer = function (array $carry, string $segment): array {
+            if ('..' === $segment) {
+                array_pop($carry);
+
+                return $carry;
+            }
+
+            if (!isset(static::DOT_SEGMENTS[$segment])) {
+                $carry[] = $segment;
+            }
+
+            return $carry;
+        };
+
         $oldSegments = explode('/', $path);
-        $newPath = implode('/', array_reduce($oldSegments, static::reducer(...), []));
+        $newPath = implode('/', array_reduce($oldSegments, $reducer(...), []));
         if (isset(static::DOT_SEGMENTS[end($oldSegments)])) {
             $newPath .= '/';
         }
@@ -299,26 +363,6 @@ final protected function removeDotSegments(string $path): string
         return $newPath;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Remove dot segments.
-     *
-     * @return array<int, string>
-     */
-    final protected static function reducer(array $carry, string $segment): array
-    {
-        if ('..' === $segment) {
-            array_pop($carry);
-
-            return $carry;
-        }
-
-        if (!isset(static::DOT_SEGMENTS[$segment])) {
-            $carry[] = $segment;
-        }
-
-        return $carry;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Resolves an URI path and query component.
      *
@@ -366,63 +410,27 @@ final protected function resolvePathAndQuery(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri)
         return [$targetPath, $uri->getQuery()];
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Relativize a URI according to a base URI.
-     *
-     * This method MUST retain the state of the submitted URI instance, and return
-     * a URI instance of the same type that contains the applied modifications.
-     *
-     * This method MUST be transparent when dealing with error and exceptions.
-     * It MUST not alter of silence them apart from validating its own parameters.
-     */
-    final public function relativize(Stringable|string $uri): static
-    {
-        $uri = static::formatHost(static::filterUri($uri, $this->uriFactory));
-        if ($this->canNotBeRelativize($uri)) {
-            return new static($uri, $this->uriFactory);
-        }
-
-        $null = $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface ? '' : null;
-        $uri = $uri->withScheme($null)->withPort(null)->withUserInfo($null)->withHost($null);
-        $targetPath = $uri->getPath();
-        $basePath = $this->uri->getPath();
-
-        return new static(
-            match (true) {
-                $targetPath !== $basePath => $uri->withPath(static::relativizePath($targetPath, $basePath)),
-                static::componentEquals('query', $uri) => $uri->withPath('')->withQuery($null),
-                $null === $uri->getQuery() => $uri->withPath(static::formatPathWithEmptyBaseQuery($targetPath)),
-                default => $uri->withPath(''),
-            },
-            $this->uriFactory
-        );
-    }
-
     /**
      * Tells whether the component value from both URI object equals.
-     */
-    final protected function componentEquals(string $property, Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): bool
-    {
-        return static::getComponent($property, $uri) === static::getComponent($property, $this->uri);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the component value from the submitted URI object.
      *
      * @pqram 'query'|'authority'|'scheme' $property
      */
-    final protected static function getComponent(string $property, Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): ?string
+    final protected function componentEquals(string $property, Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): bool
     {
-        $component = match ($property) {
-            'query' => $uri->getQuery(),
-            'authority' => $uri->getAuthority(),
-            default => $uri->getScheme(),
-        };
+        $getComponent = function (string $property, Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): ?string {
+            $component = match ($property) {
+                'query' => $uri->getQuery(),
+                'authority' => $uri->getAuthority(),
+                default => $uri->getScheme(),
+            };
 
-        return match (true) {
-            $uri instanceof UriInterface, '' !== $component => $component,
-            default => null,
+            return match (true) {
+                $uri instanceof UriInterface, '' !== $component => $component,
+                default => null,
+            };
         };
+
+        return $getComponent($property, $uri) === $getComponent($property, $this->uri);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -449,9 +457,9 @@ final protected static function formatHost(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri):
      */
     final protected function canNotBeRelativize(Psr7UriInterface|UriInterface $uri): bool
     {
-        return static::from($uri)->isRelativePath()
-            || !static::componentEquals('scheme', $uri)
-            || !static::componentEquals('authority', $uri);
+        return !static::componentEquals('scheme', $uri)
+            || !static::componentEquals('authority', $uri)
+            || static::from($uri)->isRelativePath();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -484,11 +492,11 @@ final protected static function relativizePath(string $path, string $basePath):
      */
     final protected static function getSegments(string $path): array
     {
-        if ('' !== $path && '/' === $path[0]) {
-            $path = substr($path, 1);
-        }
-
-        return explode('/', $path);
+        return explode('/', match (true) {
+            '' === $path,
+            '/' !== $path[0] => $path,
+            default => substr($path, 1),
+        });
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/uri/Http.php b/uri/Http.php
index 3aeb35f7..2b3dc7f0 100644
--- a/uri/Http.php
+++ b/uri/Http.php
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 namespace League\Uri;
 
 use JsonSerializable;
+use League\Uri\Contracts\UriException;
 use League\Uri\Contracts\UriInterface;
 use League\Uri\Exceptions\SyntaxError;
+use League\Uri\UriTemplate\TemplateCanNotBeExpanded;
 use Psr\Http\Message\UriInterface as Psr7UriInterface;
 use Stringable;
 
@@ -76,6 +78,12 @@ public static function fromBaseUri(Stringable|string $uri, Stringable|string|nul
         return new self(Uri::fromBaseUri($uri, $baseUri));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance from a template.
+     *
+     * @throws TemplateCanNotBeExpanded if the variables are invalid or missing
+     * @throws UriException             if the variables are invalid or missing
+     */
     public static function fromTemplate(Stringable|string $template, iterable $variables = []): self
     {
         return new self(Uri::fromTemplate($template, $variables));
diff --git a/uri/Uri.php b/uri/Uri.php
index 1892a823..28f70d81 100644
--- a/uri/Uri.php
+++ b/uri/Uri.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 use const FILTER_VALIDATE_IP;
 
 /**
- * @phpstan-import-type ComponentMap from UriInterface
+ * @phpstan-import-type ComponentMap from UriString
  * @phpstan-import-type InputComponentMap from UriString
  */
 final class Uri implements UriInterface
@@ -406,7 +406,25 @@ private function formatPort(?int $port = null): ?int
      */
     public static function new(Stringable|string $uri = ''): self
     {
-        $components = $uri instanceof UriInterface ? $uri->getComponents() : UriString::parse($uri);
+        $components = match (true) {
+            $uri instanceof UriInterface => $uri->getComponents(),
+            $uri instanceof Psr7UriInterface => (function (Psr7UriInterface $uri): array {
+                $normalize = fn ($component) => '' !== $component ? $component : null;
+                $userInfo = $uri->getUserInfo();
+                [$user, $pass] = '' !== $userInfo ? explode(':', $userInfo, 2) : ['', ''];
+                return [
+                    'scheme' => $normalize($uri->getScheme()),
+                    'user' => $normalize($user),
+                    'pass' => $normalize($pass),
+                    'host' => $normalize($uri->getHost()),
+                    'port' => $uri->getPort(),
+                    'path' => $uri->getPath(),
+                    'query' => $normalize($uri->getQuery()),
+                    'fragment' => $normalize($uri->getFragment()),
+                ];
+            })($uri),
+            default => UriString::parse($uri),
+        };
 
         return new self(
             $components['scheme'],
@@ -445,7 +463,7 @@ public static function fromBaseUri(Stringable|string $uri, Stringable|string|nul
      * @throws TemplateCanNotBeExpanded if the variables are invalid or missing
      * @throws UriException             if the resulting expansion can not be converted to a UriInterface instance
      */
-    public static function fromTemplate(Stringable|string $template, iterable $variables = []): self
+    public static function fromTemplate(UriTemplate|Stringable|string $template, iterable $variables = []): self
     {
         return match (true) {
             $template instanceof UriTemplate => self::fromComponents($template->expand($variables)->getComponents()),
@@ -984,7 +1002,7 @@ public function jsonSerialize(): string
      */
     public function getComponents(): array
     {
-        [$user, $pass] = null !== $this->userInfo ? explode(':', $this->userInfo) : [null, null];
+        [$user, $pass] = null !== $this->userInfo ? explode(':', $this->userInfo, 2) : [null, null];
 
         return [
             'scheme' => $this->scheme,
diff --git a/uri/UriTemplate.php b/uri/UriTemplate.php
index 625cf04b..f7eeaf3d 100644
--- a/uri/UriTemplate.php
+++ b/uri/UriTemplate.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * @author  Ignace Nyamagana Butera <nyamsprod@gmail.com>
  * @since   6.1.0
  */
-final class UriTemplate implements Stringable
+final class UriTemplate
 {
     private readonly Template $template;
     private readonly VariableBag $defaultVariables;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ final class UriTemplate implements Stringable
      * @throws SyntaxError              if the template syntax is invalid
      * @throws TemplateCanNotBeExpanded if the template or the variables are invalid
      */
-    public function __construct(Template|Stringable|string $template, iterable $defaultVariables = [])
+    public function __construct(Stringable|string $template, iterable $defaultVariables = [])
     {
         $this->template = $template instanceof Template ? $template : Template::new($template);
         $this->defaultVariables = $this->filterVariables($defaultVariables);
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ private function filterVariables(iterable $variables): VariableBag
             $variables = new VariableBag($variables);
         }
 
-        $offsets = array_fill_keys($this->template->variableNames, 1);
-
         return $variables
-            ->filter(fn ($value, string|int $name) => array_key_exists($name, $offsets));
+            ->filter(fn ($value, string|int $name) => array_key_exists(
+                $name,
+                array_fill_keys($this->template->variableNames, 1)
+            ));
     }
 
-    public function __toString(): string
+    public function getTemplate(): string
     {
         return $this->template->value;
     }
@@ -118,18 +119,4 @@ public function expandOrFail(iterable $variables = []): UriInterface
             $this->filterVariables($variables)->replace($this->defaultVariables)
         ));
     }
-
-    /**
-     * DEPRECATION WARNING! This method will be removed in the next major point release.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Since version 7.0.0
-     * @codeCoverageIgnore
-     * @see UriTemplate::__toString
-     *
-     * Returns the template string
-     */
-    public function getTemplate(): string
-    {
-        return $this->__toString();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/uri/UriTemplate/TemplateTest.php b/uri/UriTemplate/TemplateTest.php
index fd3bddf0..1d425fc5 100644
--- a/uri/UriTemplate/TemplateTest.php
+++ b/uri/UriTemplate/TemplateTest.php
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public static function uriTemplateSpecificationDataProvider(): iterable
     public function testItCanBeInstantiatedWithAValidNotation(string $notation): void
     {
         self::assertSame($notation, Template::new($notation)->value);
+        self::assertSame($notation, (string) Template::new($notation));
     }
 
     public static function providesValidNotation(): iterable
@@ -180,4 +181,11 @@ public static function providesExpansion(): iterable
             ],
         ];
     }
+
+    public function testExpandOrFailIfAtLeastOneVariableIsMissing(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(TemplateCanNotBeExpanded::class);
+
+        Template::new('{var}{baz}')->expandOrFail(['var' => 'bar']);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/uri/UriTemplateTest.php b/uri/UriTemplateTest.php
index fbdfef94..3538f7e1 100644
--- a/uri/UriTemplateTest.php
+++ b/uri/UriTemplateTest.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public function testGetTemplate(): void
 
         $uriTemplate = new UriTemplate($template, $variables);
 
-        self::assertSame($template, (string) $uriTemplate);
+        self::assertSame($template, $uriTemplate->getTemplate());
     }
 
     public function testGetDefaultVariables(): void
@@ -356,9 +356,9 @@ public function testExpansionWithMultipleSameExpression(): void
 
     public function testExpandOrFailIfVariablesAreMissing(): void
     {
-        $this->expectException(UriTemplate\TemplateCanNotBeExpanded::class);
+        $this->expectException(TemplateCanNotBeExpanded::class);
 
-        (new UriTemplate('{var}'))->expandOrFail([]);
+        (new UriTemplate('{var}'))->expandOrFail();
     }
 
     public function testExpandOrFailIfAtLeastOneVariableIsMissing(): void