diff --git a/pyo3-ffi/src/abstract_.rs b/pyo3-ffi/src/abstract_.rs
index b5bf9cc3..1e002046 100644
--- a/pyo3-ffi/src/abstract_.rs
+++ b/pyo3-ffi/src/abstract_.rs
@@ -114,10 +114,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #[cfg(not(any(Py_3_8, PyPy)))]
 #[inline]
 pub unsafe fn PyIter_Check(o: *mut PyObject) -> c_int {
-    crate::PyObject_HasAttrString(
-        crate::Py_TYPE(o).cast(),
-        "__next__\0".as_ptr() as *const c_char,
-    )
+    crate::PyObject_HasAttrString(crate::Py_TYPE(o).cast(), "__next__\0".as_ptr().cast())
 }
 
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/pyo3-ffi/src/cpython/abstract_.rs b/pyo3-ffi/src/cpython/abstract_.rs
index ad28216c..34525cec 100644
--- a/pyo3-ffi/src/cpython/abstract_.rs
+++ b/pyo3-ffi/src/cpython/abstract_.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub unsafe fn PyVectorcall_Function(callable: *mut PyObject) -> Option<vectorcal
     assert!(PyCallable_Check(callable) > 0);
     let offset = (*tp).tp_vectorcall_offset;
     assert!(offset > 0);
-    let ptr = (callable as *const c_char).offset(offset) as *const Option<vectorcallfunc>;
+    let ptr = callable.cast::<c_char>().offset(offset).cast();
     *ptr
 }
 
diff --git a/pyo3-ffi/src/datetime.rs b/pyo3-ffi/src/datetime.rs
index a20b76aa..b985085f 100644
--- a/pyo3-ffi/src/datetime.rs
+++ b/pyo3-ffi/src/datetime.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 use crate::{PyLong_AsLong, PyLong_Check, PyObject_GetAttrString, Py_DecRef};
 use crate::{PyObject, PyObject_TypeCheck, PyTypeObject, Py_TYPE};
 use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
-use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int};
+#[cfg(not(GraalPy))]
+use std::os::raw::c_char;
+use std::os::raw::c_int;
 use std::ptr;
 #[cfg(not(PyPy))]
 use {crate::PyCapsule_Import, std::ffi::CString};
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ pub unsafe fn PyDateTime_DELTA_GET_MICROSECONDS(o: *mut PyObject) -> c_int {
 #[inline]
 #[cfg(GraalPy)]
 pub unsafe fn _get_attr(obj: *mut PyObject, field: &str) -> c_int {
-    let result = PyObject_GetAttrString(obj, field.as_ptr() as *const c_char);
+    let result = PyObject_GetAttrString(obj, field.as_ptr().cast());
     Py_DecRef(result); // the original macros are borrowing
     if PyLong_Check(result) == 1 {
         PyLong_AsLong(result) as c_int
@@ -416,7 +418,7 @@ pub unsafe fn PyDateTime_DATE_GET_FOLD(o: *mut PyObject) -> c_int {
 #[inline]
 #[cfg(GraalPy)]
 pub unsafe fn PyDateTime_DATE_GET_TZINFO(o: *mut PyObject) -> *mut PyObject {
-    let res = PyObject_GetAttrString(o, "tzinfo\0".as_ptr() as *const c_char);
+    let res = PyObject_GetAttrString(o, "tzinfo\0".as_ptr().cast());
     Py_DecRef(res); // the original macros are borrowing
     res
 }
@@ -454,7 +456,7 @@ pub unsafe fn PyDateTime_TIME_GET_FOLD(o: *mut PyObject) -> c_int {
 #[inline]
 #[cfg(GraalPy)]
 pub unsafe fn PyDateTime_TIME_GET_TZINFO(o: *mut PyObject) -> *mut PyObject {
-    let res = PyObject_GetAttrString(o, "tzinfo\0".as_ptr() as *const c_char);
+    let res = PyObject_GetAttrString(o, "tzinfo\0".as_ptr().cast());
     Py_DecRef(res); // the original macros are borrowing
     res
 }
diff --git a/src/buffer.rs b/src/buffer.rs
index 74ac7fe8..558fb5e9 100644
--- a/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/buffer.rs
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ impl<T: Element> PyBuffer<T> {
                 },
                 #[cfg(Py_3_11)]
                 {
-                    indices.as_ptr() as *const ffi::Py_ssize_t
+                    indices.as_ptr().cast()
                 },
                 #[cfg(not(Py_3_11))]
                 {
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ impl<T: Element> PyBuffer<T> {
     /// However, dimensions of length 0 are possible and might need special attention.
     #[inline]
     pub fn shape(&self) -> &[usize] {
-        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.0.shape as *const usize, self.0.ndim as usize) }
+        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.0.shape.cast(), self.0.ndim as usize) }
     }
 
     /// Returns an array that holds, for each dimension, the number of bytes to skip to get to the next element in the dimension.
@@ -361,23 +361,13 @@ impl<T: Element> PyBuffer<T> {
     /// Gets whether the buffer is contiguous in C-style order (last index varies fastest when visiting items in order of memory address).
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_c_contiguous(&self) -> bool {
-        unsafe {
-            ffi::PyBuffer_IsContiguous(
-                &*self.0 as *const ffi::Py_buffer,
-                b'C' as std::os::raw::c_char,
-            ) != 0
-        }
+        unsafe { ffi::PyBuffer_IsContiguous(&*self.0, b'C' as std::os::raw::c_char) != 0 }
     }
 
     /// Gets whether the buffer is contiguous in Fortran-style order (first index varies fastest when visiting items in order of memory address).
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_fortran_contiguous(&self) -> bool {
-        unsafe {
-            ffi::PyBuffer_IsContiguous(
-                &*self.0 as *const ffi::Py_buffer,
-                b'F' as std::os::raw::c_char,
-            ) != 0
-        }
+        unsafe { ffi::PyBuffer_IsContiguous(&*self.0, b'F' as std::os::raw::c_char) != 0 }
     }
 
     /// Gets the buffer memory as a slice.
@@ -609,7 +599,7 @@ impl<T: Element> PyBuffer<T> {
                 },
                 #[cfg(Py_3_11)]
                 {
-                    source.as_ptr() as *const raw::c_void
+                    source.as_ptr().cast()
                 },
                 #[cfg(not(Py_3_11))]
                 {
diff --git a/src/conversions/num_rational.rs b/src/conversions/num_rational.rs
index 31eb7ca1..2129234d 100644
--- a/src/conversions/num_rational.rs
+++ b/src/conversions/num_rational.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ use crate::sync::GILOnceCell;
 use crate::types::any::PyAnyMethods;
 use crate::types::PyType;
 use crate::{Bound, FromPyObject, IntoPy, Py, PyAny, PyObject, PyResult, Python, ToPyObject};
-use std::os::raw::c_char;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "num-bigint")]
 use num_bigint::BigInt;
@@ -68,19 +67,13 @@ macro_rules! rational_conversion {
                 let py_numerator_obj = unsafe {
                     Bound::from_owned_ptr_or_err(
                         py,
-                        ffi::PyObject_GetAttrString(
-                            obj.as_ptr(),
-                            "numerator\0".as_ptr() as *const c_char,
-                        ),
+                        ffi::PyObject_GetAttrString(obj.as_ptr(), "numerator\0".as_ptr().cast()),
                     )
                 };
                 let py_denominator_obj = unsafe {
                     Bound::from_owned_ptr_or_err(
                         py,
-                        ffi::PyObject_GetAttrString(
-                            obj.as_ptr(),
-                            "denominator\0".as_ptr() as *const c_char,
-                        ),
+                        ffi::PyObject_GetAttrString(obj.as_ptr(), "denominator\0".as_ptr().cast()),
                     )
                 };
                 let numerator_owned = unsafe {
diff --git a/src/conversions/std/osstr.rs b/src/conversions/std/osstr.rs
index 4565c3fb..8616a116 100644
--- a/src/conversions/std/osstr.rs
+++ b/src/conversions/std/osstr.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ use crate::types::PyString;
 use crate::{ffi, FromPyObject, IntoPy, PyAny, PyObject, PyResult, Python, ToPyObject};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
-use std::os::raw::c_char;
 
 impl ToPyObject for OsStr {
     fn to_object(&self, py: Python<'_>) -> PyObject {
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ impl ToPyObject for OsStr {
             #[cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))]
             let bytes = std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt::as_bytes(self);
 
-            let ptr = bytes.as_ptr() as *const c_char;
+            let ptr = bytes.as_ptr().cast();
             let len = bytes.len() as ffi::Py_ssize_t;
             unsafe {
                 // DecodeFSDefault automatically chooses an appropriate decoding mechanism to
diff --git a/src/exceptions.rs b/src/exceptions.rs
index d6a6e859..e2bb82f9 100644
--- a/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 use crate::{ffi, Bound, PyResult, Python};
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::ops;
-use std::os::raw::c_char;
 
 /// The boilerplate to convert between a Rust type and a Python exception.
 #[doc(hidden)]
@@ -682,7 +681,7 @@ impl PyUnicodeDecodeError {
         unsafe {
             ffi::PyUnicodeDecodeError_Create(
                 encoding.as_ptr(),
-                input.as_ptr() as *const c_char,
+                input.as_ptr().cast(),
                 input.len() as ffi::Py_ssize_t,
                 range.start as ffi::Py_ssize_t,
                 range.end as ffi::Py_ssize_t,
diff --git a/src/impl_/extract_argument.rs b/src/impl_/extract_argument.rs
index 5f652d75..a354e578 100644
--- a/src/impl_/extract_argument.rs
+++ b/src/impl_/extract_argument.rs
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ impl FunctionDescription {
         let kwnames: Option<Borrowed<'_, '_, PyTuple>> =
             Borrowed::from_ptr_or_opt(py, kwnames).map(|kwnames| kwnames.downcast_unchecked());
         if let Some(kwnames) = kwnames {
-            // Safety: PyArg has the same memory layout as `*mut ffi::PyObject`
             let kwargs = ::std::slice::from_raw_parts(
-                (args as *const PyArg<'py>).offset(nargs),
+                // Safety: PyArg has the same memory layout as `*mut ffi::PyObject`
+                args.offset(nargs).cast::<PyArg<'py>>(),
                 kwnames.len(),
             );
 
diff --git a/src/impl_/pymodule.rs b/src/impl_/pymodule.rs
index 5f04d888..0c3d8951 100644
--- a/src/impl_/pymodule.rs
+++ b/src/impl_/pymodule.rs
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ impl ModuleDef {
         };
 
         let ffi_def = UnsafeCell::new(ffi::PyModuleDef {
-            m_name: name.as_ptr() as *const _,
-            m_doc: doc.as_ptr() as *const _,
+            m_name: name.as_ptr().cast(),
+            m_doc: doc.as_ptr().cast(),
             ..INIT
         });
 
diff --git a/src/instance.rs b/src/instance.rs
index 82b05e78..2992b273 100644
--- a/src/instance.rs
+++ b/src/instance.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::err::{self, PyErr, PyResult};
 use crate::impl_::pycell::PyClassObject;
+use crate::internal_tricks::ptr_from_ref;
 use crate::pycell::{PyBorrowError, PyBorrowMutError};
 use crate::pyclass::boolean_struct::{False, True};
 #[cfg(feature = "gil-refs")]
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ pub unsafe trait PyNativeType: Sized {
         // Safety: &'py Self is expected to be a Python pointer,
         // so has the same layout as Borrowed<'py, 'py, T>
         Borrowed(
-            unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(self as *const Self as *mut _) },
+            unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr_from_ref(self) as *mut _) },
             PhantomData,
             self.py(),
         )
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ impl<'py> Bound<'py, PyAny> {
         _py: Python<'py>,
         ptr: &'a *mut ffi::PyObject,
     ) -> &'a Self {
-        &*(ptr as *const *mut ffi::PyObject).cast::<Bound<'py, PyAny>>()
+        &*ptr_from_ref(ptr).cast::<Bound<'py, PyAny>>()
     }
 
     /// Variant of the above which returns `None` for null pointers.
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ impl<'py> Bound<'py, PyAny> {
         _py: Python<'py>,
         ptr: &'a *mut ffi::PyObject,
     ) -> &'a Option<Self> {
-        &*(ptr as *const *mut ffi::PyObject).cast::<Option<Bound<'py, PyAny>>>()
+        &*ptr_from_ref(ptr).cast::<Option<Bound<'py, PyAny>>>()
     }
 }
 
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ impl<'py, T> Bound<'py, T> {
     pub fn as_any(&self) -> &Bound<'py, PyAny> {
         // Safety: all Bound<T> have the same memory layout, and all Bound<T> are valid
         // Bound<PyAny>, so pointer casting is valid.
-        unsafe { &*(self as *const Self).cast::<Bound<'py, PyAny>>() }
+        unsafe { &*ptr_from_ref(self).cast::<Bound<'py, PyAny>>() }
     }
 
     /// Helper to cast to `Bound<'py, PyAny>`, transferring ownership.
@@ -694,7 +695,7 @@ impl<'py, T> Deref for Borrowed<'_, 'py, T> {
     #[inline]
     fn deref(&self) -> &Bound<'py, T> {
         // safety: Bound has the same layout as NonNull<ffi::PyObject>
-        unsafe { &*(&self.0 as *const _ as *const Bound<'py, T>) }
+        unsafe { &*ptr_from_ref(&self.0).cast() }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1097,7 +1098,7 @@ impl<T> Py<T> {
     pub fn as_any(&self) -> &Py<PyAny> {
         // Safety: all Py<T> have the same memory layout, and all Py<T> are valid
         // Py<PyAny>, so pointer casting is valid.
-        unsafe { &*(self as *const Self).cast::<Py<PyAny>>() }
+        unsafe { &*ptr_from_ref(self).cast::<Py<PyAny>>() }
     }
 
     /// Helper to cast to `Py<PyAny>`, transferring ownership.
@@ -1273,7 +1274,7 @@ impl<T> Py<T> {
     #[inline]
     pub fn bind<'py>(&self, _py: Python<'py>) -> &Bound<'py, T> {
         // Safety: `Bound` has the same layout as `Py`
-        unsafe { &*(self as *const Py<T>).cast() }
+        unsafe { &*ptr_from_ref(self).cast() }
     }
 
     /// Same as `bind` but takes ownership of `self`.
diff --git a/src/internal_tricks.rs b/src/internal_tricks.rs
index 75f23edb..62ec0d02 100644
--- a/src/internal_tricks.rs
+++ b/src/internal_tricks.rs
@@ -217,3 +217,9 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_c_string(
     };
     Ok(cow)
 }
+
+// TODO: use ptr::from_ref on MSRV 1.76
+#[inline]
+pub(crate) const fn ptr_from_ref<T>(t: &T) -> *const T {
+    t as *const T
+}
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index 6dde89e5..9316b871 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ macro_rules! append_to_inittab {
                 );
             }
             $crate::ffi::PyImport_AppendInittab(
-                $module::__PYO3_NAME.as_ptr() as *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
+                $module::__PYO3_NAME.as_ptr().cast(),
                 ::std::option::Option::Some($module::__pyo3_init),
             );
         }
diff --git a/src/marker.rs b/src/marker.rs
index a6b1e305..b2cbc317 100644
--- a/src/marker.rs
+++ b/src/marker.rs
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ impl<'py> Python<'py> {
     ) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
         let code = CString::new(code)?;
         unsafe {
-            let mptr = ffi::PyImport_AddModule("__main__\0".as_ptr() as *const _);
+            let mptr = ffi::PyImport_AddModule("__main__\0".as_ptr().cast());
             if mptr.is_null() {
                 return Err(PyErr::fetch(self));
             }
diff --git a/src/pycell.rs b/src/pycell.rs
index f15f5a54..1d601474 100644
--- a/src/pycell.rs
+++ b/src/pycell.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ use crate::types::any::PyAnyMethods;
 use crate::{
     conversion::ToPyObject,
     impl_::pyclass::PyClassImpl,
+    internal_tricks::ptr_from_ref,
     pyclass::boolean_struct::True,
     pyclass_init::PyClassInitializer,
     type_object::{PyLayout, PySizedLayout},
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ where
 #[allow(deprecated)]
 unsafe impl<T: PyClass> AsPyPointer for PyCell<T> {
     fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut ffi::PyObject {
-        (self as *const _) as *mut _
+        ptr_from_ref(self) as *mut _
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pyclass/create_type_object.rs b/src/pyclass/create_type_object.rs
index 1b3a9fb1..262d1e8f 100644
--- a/src/pyclass/create_type_object.rs
+++ b/src/pyclass/create_type_object.rs
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ use pyo3_ffi::PyType_IS_GC;
 use crate::{
     exceptions::PyTypeError,
     ffi,
-    impl_::pycell::PyClassObject,
-    impl_::pyclass::{
-        assign_sequence_item_from_mapping, get_sequence_item_from_mapping, tp_dealloc,
-        tp_dealloc_with_gc, PyClassItemsIter,
-    },
     impl_::{
+        pycell::PyClassObject,
+        pyclass::{
+            assign_sequence_item_from_mapping, get_sequence_item_from_mapping, tp_dealloc,
+            tp_dealloc_with_gc, PyClassItemsIter,
+        },
         pymethods::{get_doc, get_name, Getter, Setter},
         trampoline::trampoline,
     },
-    types::typeobject::PyTypeMethods,
-    types::PyType,
+    internal_tricks::ptr_from_ref,
+    types::{typeobject::PyTypeMethods, PyType},
     Py, PyClass, PyGetterDef, PyMethodDefType, PyResult, PySetterDef, PyTypeInfo, Python,
 };
 use std::{
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ impl GetSetDefType {
                         slf: *mut ffi::PyObject,
                         closure: *mut c_void,
                     ) -> *mut ffi::PyObject {
-                        let getset: &GetterAndSetter = &*(closure as *const GetterAndSetter);
+                        let getset: &GetterAndSetter = &*closure.cast();
                         trampoline(|py| (getset.getter)(py, slf))
                     }
 
@@ -617,13 +617,13 @@ impl GetSetDefType {
                         value: *mut ffi::PyObject,
                         closure: *mut c_void,
                     ) -> c_int {
-                        let getset: &GetterAndSetter = &*(closure as *const GetterAndSetter);
+                        let getset: &GetterAndSetter = &*closure.cast();
                         trampoline(|py| (getset.setter)(py, slf, value))
                     }
                     (
                         Some(getset_getter),
                         Some(getset_setter),
-                        closure.as_ref() as *const GetterAndSetter as _,
+                        ptr_from_ref::<GetterAndSetter>(closure) as *mut _,
                     )
                 }
             };
diff --git a/src/types/any.rs b/src/types/any.rs
index 85e540f9..06634d69 100644
--- a/src/types/any.rs
+++ b/src/types/any.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::err::{DowncastError, DowncastIntoError, PyErr, PyResult};
 use crate::exceptions::{PyAttributeError, PyTypeError};
 use crate::ffi_ptr_ext::FfiPtrExt;
 use crate::instance::Bound;
+use crate::internal_tricks::ptr_from_ref;
 use crate::py_result_ext::PyResultExt;
 use crate::type_object::{PyTypeCheck, PyTypeInfo};
 #[cfg(not(any(PyPy, GraalPy)))]
@@ -912,7 +913,7 @@ impl PyAny {
     /// when they are finished with the pointer.
     #[inline]
     pub fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut ffi::PyObject {
-        self as *const PyAny as *mut ffi::PyObject
+        ptr_from_ref(self) as *mut ffi::PyObject
     }
 
     /// Returns an owned raw FFI pointer represented by self.
@@ -2211,7 +2212,7 @@ impl<'py> PyAnyMethods<'py> for Bound<'py, PyAny> {
 
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn downcast_unchecked<T>(&self) -> &Bound<'py, T> {
-        &*(self as *const Bound<'py, PyAny>).cast()
+        &*ptr_from_ref(self).cast()
     }
 
     #[inline]
diff --git a/src/types/bytearray.rs b/src/types/bytearray.rs
index ec3d7eaf..fbd77a38 100644
--- a/src/types/bytearray.rs
+++ b/src/types/bytearray.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use crate::types::any::PyAnyMethods;
 use crate::{ffi, PyAny, Python};
 #[cfg(feature = "gil-refs")]
 use crate::{AsPyPointer, PyNativeType};
-use std::os::raw::c_char;
 use std::slice;
 
 /// Represents a Python `bytearray`.
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ impl PyByteArray {
     ///
     /// The byte string is initialized by copying the data from the `&[u8]`.
     pub fn new_bound<'py>(py: Python<'py>, src: &[u8]) -> Bound<'py, PyByteArray> {
-        let ptr = src.as_ptr() as *const c_char;
+        let ptr = src.as_ptr().cast();
         let len = src.len() as ffi::Py_ssize_t;
         unsafe {
             ffi::PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize(ptr, len)
diff --git a/src/types/bytes.rs b/src/types/bytes.rs
index 1d6a2f8e..661c3022 100644
--- a/src/types/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/types/bytes.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use crate::types::any::PyAnyMethods;
 use crate::PyNativeType;
 use crate::{ffi, Py, PyAny, PyResult, Python};
 use std::ops::Index;
-use std::os::raw::c_char;
 use std::slice::SliceIndex;
 use std::str;
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ impl PyBytes {
     ///
     /// Panics if out of memory.
     pub fn new_bound<'p>(py: Python<'p>, s: &[u8]) -> Bound<'p, PyBytes> {
-        let ptr = s.as_ptr() as *const c_char;
+        let ptr = s.as_ptr().cast();
         let len = s.len() as ffi::Py_ssize_t;
         unsafe {
             ffi::PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(ptr, len)
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ impl PyBytes {
     /// `std::slice::from_raw_parts`, this is
     /// unsafe](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/slice/fn.from_raw_parts.html#safety).
     pub unsafe fn bound_from_ptr(py: Python<'_>, ptr: *const u8, len: usize) -> Bound<'_, PyBytes> {
-        ffi::PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(ptr as *const _, len as isize)
+        ffi::PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(ptr.cast(), len as isize)
             .assume_owned(py)
             .downcast_into_unchecked()
     }
diff --git a/src/types/string.rs b/src/types/string.rs
index 4f0025ac..0582a900 100644
--- a/src/types/string.rs
+++ b/src/types/string.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use crate::types::PyBytes;
 use crate::PyNativeType;
 use crate::{ffi, Bound, IntoPy, Py, PyAny, PyResult, Python};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::os::raw::c_char;
 use std::str;
 
 /// Represents raw data backing a Python `str`.
@@ -37,16 +36,10 @@ impl<'a> PyStringData<'a> {
         match self {
             Self::Ucs1(s) => s,
             Self::Ucs2(s) => unsafe {
-                std::slice::from_raw_parts(
-                    s.as_ptr() as *const u8,
-                    s.len() * self.value_width_bytes(),
-                )
+                std::slice::from_raw_parts(s.as_ptr().cast(), s.len() * self.value_width_bytes())
             },
             Self::Ucs4(s) => unsafe {
-                std::slice::from_raw_parts(
-                    s.as_ptr() as *const u8,
-                    s.len() * self.value_width_bytes(),
-                )
+                std::slice::from_raw_parts(s.as_ptr().cast(), s.len() * self.value_width_bytes())
             },
         }
     }
@@ -141,7 +134,7 @@ impl PyString {
     ///
     /// Panics if out of memory.
     pub fn new_bound<'py>(py: Python<'py>, s: &str) -> Bound<'py, PyString> {
-        let ptr = s.as_ptr() as *const c_char;
+        let ptr = s.as_ptr().cast();
         let len = s.len() as ffi::Py_ssize_t;
         unsafe {
             ffi::PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(ptr, len)
@@ -159,7 +152,7 @@ impl PyString {
     ///
     /// Panics if out of memory.
     pub fn intern_bound<'py>(py: Python<'py>, s: &str) -> Bound<'py, PyString> {
-        let ptr = s.as_ptr() as *const c_char;
+        let ptr = s.as_ptr().cast();
         let len = s.len() as ffi::Py_ssize_t;
         unsafe {
             let mut ob = ffi::PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(ptr, len);
@@ -181,8 +174,8 @@ impl PyString {
         unsafe {
             ffi::PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(
                 src.as_ptr(),
-                encoding.as_ptr() as *const c_char,
-                errors.as_ptr() as *const c_char,
+                encoding.as_ptr().cast(),
+                errors.as_ptr().cast(),
             )
             .assume_owned_or_err(src.py())
             .downcast_into_unchecked()
@@ -607,7 +600,7 @@ mod tests {
             let ptr = unsafe {
                 crate::ffi::PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(
                     crate::ffi::PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND as _,
-                    buffer.as_ptr() as *const _,
+                    buffer.as_ptr().cast(),
                     2,
                 )
             };
@@ -651,7 +644,7 @@ mod tests {
             let ptr = unsafe {
                 crate::ffi::PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(
                     crate::ffi::PyUnicode_2BYTE_KIND as _,
-                    buffer.as_ptr() as *const _,
+                    buffer.as_ptr().cast(),
                     2,
                 )
             };
@@ -692,7 +685,7 @@ mod tests {
             let ptr = unsafe {
                 crate::ffi::PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(
                     crate::ffi::PyUnicode_4BYTE_KIND as _,
-                    buffer.as_ptr() as *const _,
+                    buffer.as_ptr().cast(),
                     2,
                 )
             };
diff --git a/src/types/tuple.rs b/src/types/tuple.rs
index afe12987..fcf931c1 100644
--- a/src/types/tuple.rs
+++ b/src/types/tuple.rs
@@ -388,13 +388,10 @@ impl<'py> PyTupleMethods<'py> for Bound<'py, PyTuple> {
 
     #[cfg(not(any(Py_LIMITED_API, GraalPy)))]
     fn as_slice(&self) -> &[Bound<'py, PyAny>] {
-        // This is safe because Bound<'py, PyAny> has the same memory layout as *mut ffi::PyObject,
-        // and because tuples are immutable.
-        unsafe {
-            let ptr = self.as_ptr() as *mut ffi::PyTupleObject;
-            let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts((*ptr).ob_item.as_ptr(), self.len());
-            &*(slice as *const [*mut ffi::PyObject] as *const [Bound<'py, PyAny>])
-        }
+        // SAFETY: self is known to be a tuple object, and tuples are immutable
+        let items = unsafe { &(*self.as_ptr().cast::<ffi::PyTupleObject>()).ob_item };
+        // SAFETY: Bound<'py, PyAny> has the same memory layout as *mut ffi::PyObject
+        unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(items.as_ptr().cast(), self.len()) }
     }
 
     #[inline]