diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 8749c4c..d653900 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- examples: Use `c_char` for pointer to raw string (#521)
 - Device extension `khr::PipelineExecutableProperties` and `khr::TimelineSemaphore` now expose `fn device()` instead of `fn instance()` (#499)
 - Changed `khr::PipelineExecutableProperties::new()` and `khr::TimelineSemaphore::new()` to take `instance` and `device` as arguments (#499)
 
diff --git a/examples/src/lib.rs b/examples/src/lib.rs
index 59be917..b3e19bf 100644
--- a/examples/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::default::Default;
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::ops::Drop;
+use std::os::raw::c_char;
 
 use winit::{
     event::{ElementState, Event, KeyboardInput, VirtualKeyCode, WindowEvent},
@@ -219,8 +220,10 @@ impl ExampleBase {
             let entry = Entry::new();
             let app_name = CString::new("VulkanTriangle").unwrap();
 
-            let layer_names = [CString::new("VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation").unwrap()];
-            let layers_names_raw: Vec<*const i8> = layer_names
+            let layer_names = [CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(
+                b"VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation\0",
+            )];
+            let layers_names_raw: Vec<*const c_char> = layer_names
                 .iter()
                 .map(|raw_name| raw_name.as_ptr())
                 .collect();