diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 7b80bcb..93cdc10 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -890,10 +890,10 @@
     if (tp->tp_getattro != NULL)
         return (*tp->tp_getattro)(v, name);
     if (tp->tp_getattr != NULL) {
-        char *name_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(name);
+        const char *name_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(name);
         if (name_str == NULL)
             return NULL;
-        return (*tp->tp_getattr)(v, name_str);
+        return (*tp->tp_getattr)(v, (char *)name_str);
     }
     PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
                  "'%.50s' object has no attribute '%U'",
@@ -934,10 +934,10 @@
         return err;
     }
     if (tp->tp_setattr != NULL) {
-        char *name_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(name);
+        const char *name_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(name);
         if (name_str == NULL)
             return -1;
-        err = (*tp->tp_setattr)(v, name_str, value);
+        err = (*tp->tp_setattr)(v, (char *)name_str, value);
         Py_DECREF(name);
         return err;
     }
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 5fbe56c..b711f0c 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -3972,7 +3972,7 @@
 }
 
 
-char*
+const char *
 PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(PyObject *unicode, Py_ssize_t *psize)
 {
     PyObject *bytes;
@@ -4007,7 +4007,7 @@
     return PyUnicode_UTF8(unicode);
 }
 
-char*
+const char *
 PyUnicode_AsUTF8(PyObject *unicode)
 {
     return PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(unicode, NULL);