diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/grpc.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/grpc.pxi
index 28cf1144510..840af5c43a8 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/grpc.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/grpc.pxi
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ cdef extern from "grpc/compression.h":
   int grpc_compression_algorithm_parse(
       grpc_slice value, grpc_compression_algorithm *algorithm) nogil
   int grpc_compression_algorithm_name(grpc_compression_algorithm algorithm,
-                                      char **name) nogil
+                                      const char **name) nogil
   grpc_compression_algorithm grpc_compression_algorithm_for_level(
       grpc_compression_level level, uint32_t accepted_encodings) nogil
   void grpc_compression_options_init(grpc_compression_options *opts) nogil
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/records.pyx.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/records.pyx.pxi
index 0a2a6eee051..d860173b5d4 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/records.pyx.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/records.pyx.pxi
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ cdef class CompressionOptions:
 
 
 def compression_algorithm_name(grpc_compression_algorithm algorithm):
-  cdef char* name
+  cdef const char* name
   with nogil:
     grpc_compression_algorithm_name(algorithm, &name)
   # Let Cython do the right thing with string casting