diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_connect_handshaker.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_connect_handshaker.cc
index 979248e279f..f469a5a9001 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_connect_handshaker.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_connect_handshaker.cc
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void HttpConnectHandshaker::DoHandshake(grpc_tcp_server_acceptor* /*acceptor*/,
   grpc_httpcli_request request;
   request.host = server_name;
   request.ssl_host_override = nullptr;
-  request.http.method = (char*)"CONNECT";
+  request.http.method = const_cast<char*>("CONNECT");
   request.http.path = server_name;
   request.http.version = GRPC_HTTP_HTTP10;  // Set by OnReadDone
   request.http.hdrs = headers;
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_proxy.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_proxy.cc
index 9bd3fe3e015..8425a7afccd 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_proxy.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/http_proxy.cc
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class HttpProxyMapper : public ProxyMapperInterface {
     }
     grpc_arg args_to_add[2];
     args_to_add[0] = grpc_channel_arg_string_create(
-        (char*)GRPC_ARG_HTTP_CONNECT_SERVER,
+        const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_HTTP_CONNECT_SERVER),
         uri->path[0] == '/' ? uri->path + 1 : uri->path);
     if (user_cred != nullptr) {
       /* Use base64 encoding for user credentials as stated in RFC 7617 */
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
index 646fe199076..d11cf9bcff9 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ void GrpcLb::ProcessAddressesAndChannelArgsLocked(
   // since we use this to trigger the client_load_reporting filter.
   static const char* args_to_remove[] = {GRPC_ARG_LB_POLICY_NAME};
   grpc_arg new_arg = grpc_channel_arg_string_create(
-      (char*)GRPC_ARG_LB_POLICY_NAME, (char*)"grpclb");
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_LB_POLICY_NAME), const_cast<char*>("grpclb"));
   grpc_channel_args_destroy(args_);
   args_ = grpc_channel_args_copy_and_add_and_remove(
       &args, args_to_remove, GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(args_to_remove), &new_arg, 1);
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/resolver/fake/fake_resolver.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/resolver/fake/fake_resolver.cc
index 005de558ad7..8b405f717e0 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/resolver/fake/fake_resolver.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/resolver/fake/fake_resolver.cc
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ grpc_arg FakeResolverResponseGenerator::MakeChannelArg(
     FakeResolverResponseGenerator* generator) {
   grpc_arg arg;
   arg.type = GRPC_ARG_POINTER;
-  arg.key = (char*)GRPC_ARG_FAKE_RESOLVER_RESPONSE_GENERATOR;
+  arg.key = const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_FAKE_RESOLVER_RESPONSE_GENERATOR);
   arg.value.pointer.p = generator;
   arg.value.pointer.vtable = &response_generator_arg_vtable;
   return arg;
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
index 78d208353f7..6834ec65224 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ void Subchannel::ResetBackoff() {
 grpc_arg Subchannel::CreateSubchannelAddressArg(
     const grpc_resolved_address* addr) {
   return grpc_channel_arg_string_create(
-      (char*)GRPC_ARG_SUBCHANNEL_ADDRESS,
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_SUBCHANNEL_ADDRESS),
       gpr_strdup(addr->len > 0 ? grpc_sockaddr_to_uri(addr).c_str() : ""));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/insecure/channel_create_posix.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/insecure/channel_create_posix.cc
index ef2d7fd11ba..27e64fb8f3e 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/insecure/channel_create_posix.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/insecure/channel_create_posix.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ grpc_channel* grpc_insecure_channel_create_from_fd(
                  (target, fd, args));
 
   grpc_arg default_authority_arg = grpc_channel_arg_string_create(
-      (char*)GRPC_ARG_DEFAULT_AUTHORITY, (char*)"test.authority");
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_DEFAULT_AUTHORITY),
+      const_cast<char*>("test.authority"));
   grpc_channel_args* final_args =
       grpc_channel_args_copy_and_add(args, &default_authority_arg, 1);
 
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.cc
index 22d01f1957f..4b5a3ff29a3 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.cc
@@ -1059,8 +1059,8 @@ static enum e_op_result execute_stream_op(struct op_and_state* oas) {
     unsigned int header_index;
     for (header_index = 0; header_index < s->header_array.count;
          header_index++) {
-      gpr_free(s->header_array.headers[header_index].key);
-      gpr_free(s->header_array.headers[header_index].value);
+      gpr_free(const_cast<char*>(s->header_array.headers[header_index].key));
+      gpr_free(const_cast<char*>(s->header_array.headers[header_index].value));
     }
     stream_state->state_op_done[OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA] = true;
     if (t->use_packet_coalescing) {
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/inproc/inproc_transport.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/inproc/inproc_transport.cc
index dbab879b1d0..8f9fdbc7469 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/inproc/inproc_transport.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/inproc/inproc_transport.cc
@@ -1281,8 +1281,8 @@ grpc_channel* grpc_inproc_channel_create(grpc_server* server,
   // Add a default authority channel argument for the client
   grpc_arg default_authority_arg;
   default_authority_arg.type = GRPC_ARG_STRING;
-  default_authority_arg.key = (char*)GRPC_ARG_DEFAULT_AUTHORITY;
-  default_authority_arg.value.string = (char*)"inproc.authority";
+  default_authority_arg.key = const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_DEFAULT_AUTHORITY);
+  default_authority_arg.value.string = const_cast<char*>("inproc.authority");
   grpc_channel_args* client_args =
       grpc_channel_args_copy_and_add(args, &default_authority_arg, 1);
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/compression/compression_args.cc b/src/core/lib/compression/compression_args.cc
index 6bbda64e263..03e1a8881b6 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/compression/compression_args.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/compression/compression_args.cc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ grpc_channel_args* grpc_channel_args_set_channel_default_compression_algorithm(
   GPR_ASSERT(algorithm < GRPC_COMPRESS_ALGORITHMS_COUNT);
   grpc_arg tmp;
   tmp.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER;
-  tmp.key = (char*)GRPC_COMPRESSION_CHANNEL_DEFAULT_ALGORITHM;
+  tmp.key = const_cast<char*>(GRPC_COMPRESSION_CHANNEL_DEFAULT_ALGORITHM);
   tmp.value.integer = algorithm;
   return grpc_channel_args_copy_and_add(a, &tmp, 1);
 }
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ grpc_channel_args* grpc_channel_args_compression_algorithm_set_state(
     /* create a new arg */
     grpc_arg tmp;
     tmp.type = GRPC_ARG_INTEGER;
-    tmp.key = (char*)GRPC_COMPRESSION_CHANNEL_ENABLED_ALGORITHMS_BITSET;
+    tmp.key =
+        const_cast<char*>(GRPC_COMPRESSION_CHANNEL_ENABLED_ALGORITHMS_BITSET);
     /* all enabled by default */
     tmp.value.integer = (1u << GRPC_COMPRESS_ALGORITHMS_COUNT) - 1;
     if (state != 0) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/gpr/string.cc b/src/core/lib/gpr/string.cc
index 24376645d1e..71ec22c2cdd 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/gpr/string.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/gpr/string.cc
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ static void asciidump(dump_out* out, const char* buf, size_t len) {
     dump_out_append(out, '\'');
   }
   for (cur = beg; cur != end; ++cur) {
-    dump_out_append(out, (isprint(*cur) ? *(char*)cur : '.'));
+    dump_out_append(
+        out, (isprint(*cur) ? *reinterpret_cast<const char*>(cur) : '.'));
   }
   if (!out_was_empty) {
     dump_out_append(out, '\'');
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ void gpr_string_split(const char* input, const char* sep, char*** strs,
 
 void* gpr_memrchr(const void* s, int c, size_t n) {
   if (s == nullptr) return nullptr;
-  char* b = (char*)s;
+  char* b = const_cast<char*>(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(s));
   size_t i;
   for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
     if (b[n - i - 1] == c) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/http/httpcli.cc b/src/core/lib/http/httpcli.cc
index bf93552df7a..8d024dd3ac5 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/http/httpcli.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/http/httpcli.cc
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static void next_address(internal_request* req, grpc_error* error) {
   GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&req->connected, on_connected, req,
                     grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
   grpc_arg arg = grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create(
-      (char*)GRPC_ARG_RESOURCE_QUOTA, req->resource_quota,
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_RESOURCE_QUOTA), req->resource_quota,
       grpc_resource_quota_arg_vtable());
   grpc_channel_args args = {1, &arg};
   grpc_tcp_client_connect(&req->connected, &req->ep, req->context->pollset_set,
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.cc
index 4cf153c2efa..b773b59997a 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.cc
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ const char* grpc_error_string(grpc_error* err) {
 
   if (!gpr_atm_rel_cas(&err->atomics.error_string, 0, (gpr_atm)out)) {
     gpr_free(out);
-    out = (char*)gpr_atm_acq_load(&err->atomics.error_string);
+    out = reinterpret_cast<char*>(gpr_atm_acq_load(&err->atomics.error_string));
   }
 
   return out;
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.cc
index 802e3bdcb4d..02646db428d 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void grpc_iomgr_init() {
   gpr_cv_init(&g_rcv);
   grpc_core::Executor::InitAll();
   g_root_object.next = g_root_object.prev = &g_root_object;
-  g_root_object.name = (char*)"root";
+  g_root_object.name = const_cast<char*>("root");
   grpc_iomgr_platform_init();
   grpc_timer_list_init();
   grpc_core::grpc_errqueue_init();
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_factory_posix.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_factory_posix.cc
index 57137769c83..8d1bd71a111 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_factory_posix.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_factory_posix.cc
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ static const grpc_arg_pointer_vtable socket_factory_arg_vtable = {
     socket_factory_arg_copy, socket_factory_arg_destroy, socket_factory_cmp};
 
 grpc_arg grpc_socket_factory_to_arg(grpc_socket_factory* factory) {
-  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create((char*)GRPC_ARG_SOCKET_FACTORY,
-                                         factory, &socket_factory_arg_vtable);
+  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create(
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_SOCKET_FACTORY), factory,
+      &socket_factory_arg_vtable);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_mutator.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_mutator.cc
index a448c9f61c3..918754adb07 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_mutator.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_mutator.cc
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static const grpc_arg_pointer_vtable socket_mutator_arg_vtable = {
     socket_mutator_arg_copy, socket_mutator_arg_destroy, socket_mutator_cmp};
 
 grpc_arg grpc_socket_mutator_to_arg(grpc_socket_mutator* mutator) {
-  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create((char*)GRPC_ARG_SOCKET_MUTATOR,
-                                         mutator, &socket_mutator_arg_vtable);
+  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create(
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_SOCKET_MUTATOR), mutator,
+      &socket_mutator_arg_vtable);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/context/security_context.cc b/src/core/lib/security/context/security_context.cc
index 28805a56b2d..d760d82f226 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/context/security_context.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/context/security_context.cc
@@ -295,8 +295,9 @@ static const grpc_arg_pointer_vtable auth_context_pointer_vtable = {
     auth_context_pointer_cmp};
 
 grpc_arg grpc_auth_context_to_arg(grpc_auth_context* c) {
-  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create((char*)GRPC_AUTH_CONTEXT_ARG, c,
-                                         &auth_context_pointer_vtable);
+  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create(
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_AUTH_CONTEXT_ARG), c,
+      &auth_context_pointer_vtable);
 }
 
 grpc_auth_context* grpc_auth_context_from_arg(const grpc_arg* arg) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/credentials.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/credentials.cc
index 8283090a156..d2f4c9c6bb5 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/credentials.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/credentials.cc
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ static const grpc_arg_pointer_vtable credentials_pointer_vtable = {
 
 grpc_arg grpc_channel_credentials_to_arg(
     grpc_channel_credentials* credentials) {
-  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create((char*)GRPC_ARG_CHANNEL_CREDENTIALS,
-                                         credentials,
-                                         &credentials_pointer_vtable);
+  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create(
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_CHANNEL_CREDENTIALS), credentials,
+      &credentials_pointer_vtable);
 }
 
 grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_channel_credentials_from_arg(
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ static const grpc_arg_pointer_vtable cred_ptr_vtable = {
     server_credentials_pointer_cmp};
 
 grpc_arg grpc_server_credentials_to_arg(grpc_server_credentials* c) {
-  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create((char*)GRPC_SERVER_CREDENTIALS_ARG, c,
-                                         &cred_ptr_vtable);
+  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create(
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_SERVER_CREDENTIALS_ARG), c, &cred_ptr_vtable);
 }
 
 grpc_server_credentials* grpc_server_credentials_from_arg(const grpc_arg* arg) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/fake/fake_credentials.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/fake/fake_credentials.cc
index 8fd0493ee44..eef636d0043 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/fake/fake_credentials.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/fake/fake_credentials.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ grpc_fake_transport_security_server_credentials_create() {
 
 grpc_arg grpc_fake_transport_expected_targets_arg(char* expected_targets) {
   return grpc_channel_arg_string_create(
-      (char*)GRPC_ARG_FAKE_SECURITY_EXPECTED_TARGETS, expected_targets);
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_FAKE_SECURITY_EXPECTED_TARGETS),
+      expected_targets);
 }
 
 const char* grpc_fake_transport_get_expected_targets(
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/google_default/google_default_credentials.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/google_default/google_default_credentials.cc
index 9162bad47bc..46c792755db 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/google_default/google_default_credentials.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/google_default/google_default_credentials.cc
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ static int is_metadata_server_reachable() {
   detector.is_done = 0;
   detector.success = 0;
   memset(&request, 0, sizeof(grpc_httpcli_request));
-  request.host = (char*)GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_DETECTION_HOST;
-  request.http.path = (char*)"/";
+  request.host = const_cast<char*>(GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_DETECTION_HOST);
+  request.http.path = const_cast<char*>("/");
   grpc_httpcli_context_init(&context);
   grpc_resource_quota* resource_quota =
       grpc_resource_quota_create("google_default_credentials");
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/jwt/jwt_verifier.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/jwt/jwt_verifier.cc
index 058715afff0..ec3aed8ad0a 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/jwt/jwt_verifier.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/jwt/jwt_verifier.cc
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static void on_openid_config_retrieved(void* user_data, grpc_error* /*error*/) {
   req.host = gpr_strdup(jwks_uri);
   req.http.path = const_cast<char*>(strchr(jwks_uri, '/'));
   if (req.http.path == nullptr) {
-    req.http.path = (char*)"";
+    req.http.path = const_cast<char*>("");
   } else {
     *(req.host + (req.http.path - jwks_uri)) = '\0';
   }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/oauth2/oauth2_credentials.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/oauth2/oauth2_credentials.cc
index 552183d4574..1ed839a57c9 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/oauth2/oauth2_credentials.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/oauth2/oauth2_credentials.cc
@@ -386,8 +386,9 @@ class grpc_compute_engine_token_fetcher_credentials
                                const_cast<char*>("Google")};
     grpc_httpcli_request request;
     memset(&request, 0, sizeof(grpc_httpcli_request));
-    request.host = (char*)GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_METADATA_HOST;
-    request.http.path = (char*)GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_METADATA_TOKEN_PATH;
+    request.host = const_cast<char*>(GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_METADATA_HOST);
+    request.http.path =
+        const_cast<char*>(GRPC_COMPUTE_ENGINE_METADATA_TOKEN_PATH);
     request.http.hdr_count = 1;
     request.http.hdrs = &header;
     /* TODO(ctiller): Carry the resource_quota in ctx and share it with the host
@@ -445,8 +446,8 @@ void grpc_google_refresh_token_credentials::fetch_oauth2(
       GRPC_REFRESH_TOKEN_POST_BODY_FORMAT_STRING, refresh_token_.client_id,
       refresh_token_.client_secret, refresh_token_.refresh_token);
   memset(&request, 0, sizeof(grpc_httpcli_request));
-  request.host = (char*)GRPC_GOOGLE_OAUTH2_SERVICE_HOST;
-  request.http.path = (char*)GRPC_GOOGLE_OAUTH2_SERVICE_TOKEN_PATH;
+  request.host = const_cast<char*>(GRPC_GOOGLE_OAUTH2_SERVICE_HOST);
+  request.http.path = const_cast<char*>(GRPC_GOOGLE_OAUTH2_SERVICE_TOKEN_PATH);
   request.http.hdr_count = 1;
   request.http.hdrs = &header;
   request.handshaker = &grpc_httpcli_ssl;
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/ssl/ssl_credentials.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/ssl/ssl_credentials.cc
index 7be8aa62410..e2a1ad03c0f 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/ssl/ssl_credentials.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/ssl/ssl_credentials.cc
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ grpc_ssl_credentials::create_security_connector(
     return sc;
   }
   grpc_arg new_arg = grpc_channel_arg_string_create(
-      (char*)GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_SCHEME, (char*)"https");
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_SCHEME), const_cast<char*>("https"));
   *new_args = grpc_channel_args_copy_and_add(args, &new_arg, 1);
   return sc;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/tls/tls_credentials.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/tls/tls_credentials.cc
index f2c4b3b807d..06887e760cc 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/tls/tls_credentials.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/tls/tls_credentials.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ TlsCredentials::create_security_connector(
   }
   if (args != nullptr) {
     grpc_arg new_arg = grpc_channel_arg_string_create(
-        (char*)GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_SCHEME, (char*)"https");
+        const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_SCHEME), const_cast<char*>("https"));
     *new_args = grpc_channel_args_copy_and_add(args, &new_arg, 1);
   }
   return sc;
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/security_connector/security_connector.cc b/src/core/lib/security/security_connector/security_connector.cc
index b3825fe2267..822fe15c3f7 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/security_connector/security_connector.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/security_connector/security_connector.cc
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ static const grpc_arg_pointer_vtable connector_arg_vtable = {
     connector_arg_copy, connector_arg_destroy, connector_cmp};
 
 grpc_arg grpc_security_connector_to_arg(grpc_security_connector* sc) {
-  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create((char*)GRPC_ARG_SECURITY_CONNECTOR, sc,
-                                         &connector_arg_vtable);
+  return grpc_channel_arg_pointer_create(
+      const_cast<char*>(GRPC_ARG_SECURITY_CONNECTOR), sc,
+      &connector_arg_vtable);
 }
 
 grpc_security_connector* grpc_security_connector_from_arg(const grpc_arg* arg) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/transport/security_handshaker.cc b/src/core/lib/security/transport/security_handshaker.cc
index 5563d5bd6a4..e7b98850132 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/transport/security_handshaker.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/transport/security_handshaker.cc
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ void SecurityHandshaker::OnPeerCheckedInner(grpc_error* error) {
       handshaker_result_, &unused_bytes, &unused_bytes_size);
   // Create secure endpoint.
   if (unused_bytes_size > 0) {
-    grpc_slice slice =
-        grpc_slice_from_copied_buffer((char*)unused_bytes, unused_bytes_size);
+    grpc_slice slice = grpc_slice_from_copied_buffer(
+        reinterpret_cast<const char*>(unused_bytes), unused_bytes_size);
     args_->endpoint = grpc_secure_endpoint_create(
         protector, zero_copy_protector, args_->endpoint, &slice, 1);
     grpc_slice_unref_internal(slice);
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc b/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc
index 7f87d0e190f..b45043f32a8 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc
@@ -649,7 +649,8 @@ static void execute_batch(grpc_call* call,
 }
 
 char* grpc_call_get_peer(grpc_call* call) {
-  char* peer_string = (char*)gpr_atm_acq_load(&call->peer_string);
+  char* peer_string =
+      reinterpret_cast<char*>(gpr_atm_acq_load(&call->peer_string));
   if (peer_string != nullptr) return gpr_strdup(peer_string);
   peer_string = grpc_channel_get_target(call->channel);
   if (peer_string != nullptr) return peer_string;
diff --git a/test/core/handshake/client_ssl.cc b/test/core/handshake/client_ssl.cc
index af78fcd04c1..86a7d76fcd6 100644
--- a/test/core/handshake/client_ssl.cc
+++ b/test/core/handshake/client_ssl.cc
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ static int alpn_select_cb(SSL* /*ssl*/, const uint8_t** out, uint8_t* out_len,
   const uint8_t* alpn_preferred = static_cast<const uint8_t*>(arg);
 
   *out = alpn_preferred;
-  *out_len = static_cast<uint8_t>(strlen((char*)alpn_preferred));
+  *out_len = static_cast<uint8_t>(
+      strlen(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(alpn_preferred)));
 
   // Validate that the ALPN list includes "h2" and "grpc-exp", that "grpc-exp"
   // precedes "h2".
diff --git a/test/core/util/cmdline_test.cc b/test/core/util/cmdline_test.cc
index c15e5e36df9..c1eb5e39a0f 100644
--- a/test/core/util/cmdline_test.cc
+++ b/test/core/util/cmdline_test.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 static void test_simple_int(void) {
   int x = 1;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("-foo"),
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("-foo"),
                   const_cast<char*>("3")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void test_simple_int(void) {
 static void test_eq_int(void) {
   int x = 1;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("-foo=3")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("-foo=3")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static void test_eq_int(void) {
 static void test_2dash_int(void) {
   int x = 1;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo"),
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--foo"),
                   const_cast<char*>("3")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void test_2dash_int(void) {
 static void test_2dash_eq_int(void) {
   int x = 1;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo=3")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--foo=3")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void test_2dash_eq_int(void) {
 static void test_simple_string(void) {
   const char* x = nullptr;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("-foo"),
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("-foo"),
                   const_cast<char*>("3")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void test_simple_string(void) {
 static void test_eq_string(void) {
   const char* x = nullptr;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("-foo=3")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("-foo=3")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void test_eq_string(void) {
 static void test_2dash_string(void) {
   const char* x = nullptr;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo"),
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--foo"),
                   const_cast<char*>("3")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static void test_2dash_string(void) {
 static void test_2dash_eq_string(void) {
   const char* x = nullptr;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo=3")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--foo=3")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static void test_2dash_eq_string(void) {
 static void test_flag_on(void) {
   int x = 2;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--foo")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static void test_flag_on(void) {
 static void test_flag_no(void) {
   int x = 2;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--no-foo")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--no-foo")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void test_flag_no(void) {
 static void test_flag_val_1(void) {
   int x = 2;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo=1")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--foo=1")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void test_flag_val_1(void) {
 static void test_flag_val_0(void) {
   int x = 2;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo=0")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--foo=0")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static void test_flag_val_0(void) {
 static void test_flag_val_true(void) {
   int x = 2;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo=true")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--foo=true")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ static void test_flag_val_true(void) {
 static void test_flag_val_false(void) {
   int x = 2;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--foo=false")};
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__),
+                  const_cast<char*>("--foo=false")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ static void test_many(void) {
   int flag = 2;
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
 
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--str"),
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--str"),
                   const_cast<char*>("hello"), const_cast<char*>("-x=4"),
                   const_cast<char*>("-no-flag")};
 
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ static void extra_arg_cb(void* user_data, const char* arg) {
 static void test_extra(void) {
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
   int count = 0;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("a"),
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("a"),
                   const_cast<char*>("b"), const_cast<char*>("c")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ static void test_extra(void) {
 static void test_extra_dashdash(void) {
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
   int count = 0;
-  char* args[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--"),
+  char* args[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("--"),
                   const_cast<char*>("a"), const_cast<char*>("b"),
                   const_cast<char*>("c")};
 
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ static void test_help(void) {
   int x = 0;
   int flag = 2;
 
-  char* help[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("-h")};
+  char* help[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__), const_cast<char*>("-h")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -365,7 +366,8 @@ static void test_badargs1(void) {
   int x = 0;
   int flag = 2;
 
-  char* bad_arg_name[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--y")};
+  char* bad_arg_name[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__),
+                          const_cast<char*>("--y")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -390,7 +392,8 @@ static void test_badargs2(void) {
   int x = 0;
   int flag = 2;
 
-  char* bad_int_value[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--x"),
+  char* bad_int_value[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__),
+                           const_cast<char*>("--x"),
                            const_cast<char*>("henry")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
@@ -416,7 +419,8 @@ static void test_badargs3(void) {
   int x = 0;
   int flag = 2;
 
-  char* bad_bool_value[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--flag=henry")};
+  char* bad_bool_value[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__),
+                            const_cast<char*>("--flag=henry")};
 
   LOG_TEST();
 
@@ -441,7 +445,8 @@ static void test_badargs4(void) {
   int x = 0;
   int flag = 2;
 
-  char* bad_bool_value[] = {(char*)__FILE__, const_cast<char*>("--no-str")};
+  char* bad_bool_value[] = {const_cast<char*>(__FILE__),
+                            const_cast<char*>("--no-str")};
 
   LOG_TEST();