diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharRange.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharRange.java
index d7a793db5ee..b696ed991d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharRange.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharRange.java
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ public char getStart() {
      */
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return Objects.hash(end, negated, start);
+        final int result = (start << 16) | (end & 0xFFFF);
+        return result ^ (negated ? 0x80000000 : 0);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharRangeHashCodeTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharRangeHashCodeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0107b681afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/CharRangeHashCodeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.lang3;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Level;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+/**
+ * Test to show whether using Bitwise for hashCode() methods is faster than using Objects.hash.
+ */
+@State(Scope.Thread)
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+@Warmup(iterations = 5, time = 1)
+@Measurement(iterations = 10, time = 1)
+@Fork(0)
+public class CharRangeHashCodeTest {
+    private CharRange normalRange;
+    private CharRange negatedRange;
+    private CharRange singleCharRange;
+    private CharRange extremeRange;
+
+    @Setup(Level.Trial)
+    public void initTestData() {
+        normalRange = CharRange.isIn('a', 'z');
+        negatedRange = CharRange.isNotIn('0', '9');
+        singleCharRange = CharRange.isIn('x', 'x');
+        extremeRange = CharRange.isIn(Character.MAX_VALUE, (char) (Character.MAX_VALUE - 100));
+    }
+
+    private int hashCodeWithObjectsHash(CharRange range) {
+        return Objects.hash(range.getEnd(), range.isNegated(), range.getStart());
+    }
+
+    private int hashCodeWithBitwise(CharRange range) {
+        final int charCombined = (range.getStart() << 16) | (range.getEnd() & 0xFFFF);
+        return charCombined ^ (range.isNegated() ? 0x80000000 : 0);
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void hashCode_ObjectsHash(Blackhole blackhole) {
+        blackhole.consume(hashCodeWithObjectsHash(normalRange));
+        blackhole.consume(hashCodeWithObjectsHash(negatedRange));
+        blackhole.consume(hashCodeWithObjectsHash(singleCharRange));
+        blackhole.consume(hashCodeWithObjectsHash(extremeRange));
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void hashCode_Bitwise(Blackhole blackhole) {
+        blackhole.consume(hashCodeWithBitwise(normalRange));
+        blackhole.consume(hashCodeWithBitwise(negatedRange));
+        blackhole.consume(hashCodeWithBitwise(singleCharRange));
+        blackhole.consume(hashCodeWithBitwise(extremeRange));
+    }
+}
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