diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/jwt/jwt_verifier.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/jwt/jwt_verifier.cc
index 5b120eddb43..d573c30787d 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/jwt/jwt_verifier.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/jwt/jwt_verifier.cc
@@ -624,8 +624,9 @@ static int verify_jwt_signature(EVP_PKEY* key, const char* alg,
     gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "EVP_DigestVerifyUpdate failed.");
     goto end;
   }
-  if (EVP_DigestVerifyFinal(md_ctx, GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(signature),
-                            GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(signature)) != 1) {
+  if (EVP_DigestVerifyFinal(
+          md_ctx, const_cast<uint8_t*>(GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(signature)),
+          GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(signature)) != 1) {
     gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "JWT signature verification failed.");
     goto end;
   }