diff --git a/src/fdo/dbus.rs b/src/fdo/dbus.rs
index 9531bc1..4e4cfc4 100644
--- a/src/fdo/dbus.rs
+++ b/src/fdo/dbus.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pub struct DBus {
 }
 
 impl DBus {
-    pub const PATH: &str = "/org/freedesktop/DBus";
-    pub const INTERFACE: &str = "org.freedesktop.DBus";
+    pub const PATH: &'static str = "/org/freedesktop/DBus";
+    pub const INTERFACE: &'static str = "org.freedesktop.DBus";
 
     pub fn new(peers: Arc<Peers>, guid: Arc<Guid>) -> Self {
         Self {
diff --git a/src/fdo/monitoring.rs b/src/fdo/monitoring.rs
index fbbfc4f..98f449f 100644
--- a/src/fdo/monitoring.rs
+++ b/src/fdo/monitoring.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ pub struct Monitoring {
 }
 
 impl Monitoring {
-    pub const PATH: &str = "/org/freedesktop/DBus";
-    pub const INTERFACE: &str = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring";
+    pub const PATH: &'static str = "/org/freedesktop/DBus";
+    pub const INTERFACE: &'static str = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring";
 
     pub fn new(peers: Arc<Peers>) -> Self {
         Self {