diff --git a/Sources/DynamicObject.swift b/Sources/DynamicObject.swift
index 30feea3..605e1d1 100644
--- a/Sources/DynamicObject.swift
+++ b/Sources/DynamicObject.swift
@@ -114,8 +114,15 @@ extension NSManagedObject: DynamicObject {
     }
     
     public class func cs_fromRaw(object: NSManagedObject) -> Self {
-        
+
+#if swift(>=5.9)
         return unsafeDowncast(object, to: self)
+
+#else
+        // unsafeDowncast fails debug assertion starting Swift 5.2
+        return _unsafeUncheckedDowncast(object, to: self)
+
+#endif
     }
     
     public static func cs_matches(object: NSManagedObject) -> Bool {