diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index e44739e88..64b86cc45 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "ChainRules"
 uuid = "082447d4-558c-5d27-93f4-14fc19e9eca2"
-version = "1.43.2"
+version = "1.44.0"
 
 [deps]
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"
diff --git a/src/rulesets/Base/indexing.jl b/src/rulesets/Base/indexing.jl
index 7b6568e09..db25537b2 100644
--- a/src/rulesets/Base/indexing.jl
+++ b/src/rulesets/Base/indexing.jl
@@ -196,9 +196,14 @@ end
 
 # This is called by e.g. `iterate(1:0.1:2)`,
 # and fixes https://github.com/FluxML/Zygote.jl/issues/1247
+# Only needs to accept AbstractRange, but AbstractVector makes testing easier.
 
-function rrule(cfg::RuleConfig{>:HasReverseMode}, ::typeof(Base.unsafe_getindex), x::AbstractRange, i::Integer)
-  return rrule_via_ad(cfg, getindex, x, i)
+function frule((_, ẋ), ::typeof(Base.unsafe_getindex), x::AbstractVector, i::Integer)
+    return Base.unsafe_getindex(x, i), getindex(ẋ, i)
+end
+
+function rrule(cfg::RuleConfig{>:HasReverseMode}, ::typeof(Base.unsafe_getindex), x::AbstractVector, i::Integer)
+    return rrule_via_ad(cfg, getindex, x, i)
 end
 
 #####
diff --git a/test/rulesets/Base/indexing.jl b/test/rulesets/Base/indexing.jl
index 695f06010..0d5b09398 100644
--- a/test/rulesets/Base/indexing.jl
+++ b/test/rulesets/Base/indexing.jl
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ end
     test_frule(setindex!, rand(3, 4), [1,10,100.0], :, 3)
 end
 
+@testset "unsafe_getindex" begin
+    test_frule(Base.unsafe_getindex, collect(1:0.1:2), 3)
+    test_rrule(Base.unsafe_getindex, collect(1:0.1:2), 3)
+end
+
 @testset "eachslice" begin
     # Testing eachrow not collect∘eachrow leads to errors, e.g.
     # test_rrule: eachrow on Vector{Float64}: Error During Test at /Users/me/.julia/packages/ChainRulesTestUtils/8dFTY/src/testers.jl:195