diff --git a/src/core/alloc/je.rs b/src/core/alloc/je.rs
index 4092d815..ebf3575f 100644
--- a/src/core/alloc/je.rs
+++ b/src/core/alloc/je.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ pub fn memory_stats() -> String {
 	let mut str = String::new();
 
 	let opaque = std::ptr::from_mut(&mut str).cast::<c_void>();
-	let opts_p: *const c_char = std::ffi::CString::new(opts_s).expect("cstring").into_raw() as *const c_char;
+	let opts_p: *const c_char = std::ffi::CString::new(opts_s)
+		.expect("cstring")
+		.into_raw()
+		.cast_const();
 
 	// SAFETY: calls malloc_stats_print() with our string instance which must remain
 	// in this frame. https://docs.rs/tikv-jemalloc-sys/latest/tikv_jemalloc_sys/fn.malloc_stats_print.html
diff --git a/src/router/run.rs b/src/router/run.rs
index d20f8669..e6238853 100644
--- a/src/router/run.rs
+++ b/src/router/run.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn stop(_server: Arc<Server>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		.take()
 		.unwrap();
 
-	let s = std::ptr::from_ref(s) as *mut Services;
+	let s: *mut Services = std::ptr::from_ref(s).cast_mut();
 	//SAFETY: Services was instantiated in start() and leaked into the SERVICES
 	// global perusing as 'static for the duration of run_server(). Now we reclaim
 	// it to drop it before unloading the module. If this is not done there will be