diff --git a/crates/nu-table/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-table/Cargo.toml
index b3a1b4fa3a..12beacb435 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-table/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ nu-protocol = { path = "../nu-protocol"}
 regex = "1.4"
 unicode-width = "0.1.8"
 strip-ansi-escapes = "0.1.1"
-ansi-cut = "0.1.1"
+ansi-cut = "0.2.0"
 atty = "0.2.14"
diff --git a/crates/nu-table/src/wrap.rs b/crates/nu-table/src/wrap.rs
index 7b1a713db4..bd0e95275a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/src/wrap.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-table/src/wrap.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ fn split_word(cell_width: usize, word: &str) -> Vec<Subline> {
     let mut end_index;
 
     let word_no_ansi = strip_ansi(word);
-    for c in word_no_ansi.chars().enumerate() {
+    for c in word_no_ansi.char_indices() {
         if let Some(width) = c.1.width() {
             end_index = c.0;
             if current_width + width > cell_width {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ fn split_word(cell_width: usize, word: &str) -> Vec<Subline> {
         }
     }
 
-    if start_index != word_no_ansi.chars().count() {
+    if start_index != word_no_ansi.len() {
         output.push(Subline {
             subline: word.cut(start_index..),
             width: current_width,