diff --git a/examples/browser/toolbar.rs b/examples/browser/toolbar.rs
index ecdbb6c..b4416dd 100644
--- a/examples/browser/toolbar.rs
+++ b/examples/browser/toolbar.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use cacao::appkit::toolbar::{ItemIdentifier, Toolbar, ToolbarDelegate, ToolbarDi
 
 use super::Action;
 
-const BACK_BUTTON: &'static str = "BackButton";
-const FWDS_BUTTON: &'static str = "FwdsButton";
-const URL_BAR: &'static str = "URLBar";
+const BACK_BUTTON: &str = "BackButton";
+const FWDS_BUTTON: &str = "FwdsButton";
+const URL_BAR: &str = "URLBar";
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct URLBar;
diff --git a/examples/todos_list/storage/defaults.rs b/examples/todos_list/storage/defaults.rs
index 5ff93db..d327171 100644
--- a/examples/todos_list/storage/defaults.rs
+++ b/examples/todos_list/storage/defaults.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use cacao::defaults::{UserDefaults, Value};
 
-const EXAMPLE: &'static str = "exampleSetting";
+const EXAMPLE: &str = "exampleSetting";
 
 /// A very basic wrapper around UserDefaults. If I wind up implementing Serde support for
 /// UserDefaults, then much of this could be removed or simplified - but I'm not sold on that yet,
diff --git a/examples/todos_list/todos/list/mod.rs b/examples/todos_list/todos/list/mod.rs
index aef2dac..d8022d3 100644
--- a/examples/todos_list/todos/list/mod.rs
+++ b/examples/todos_list/todos/list/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mod row;
 use row::TodoViewRow;
 
 /// An identifier for the cell(s) we dequeue.
-const TODO_ROW: &'static str = "TodoViewRowCell";
+const TODO_ROW: &str = "TodoViewRowCell";
 
 /// The list view for todos.
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]