diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_object.h b/Include/internal/pycore_object.h
index 50807e68e9a70c..c35ef9c0adb82f 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_object.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_object.h
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static inline PyObject *
 _Py_XGetRef(PyObject **ptr)
 {
     for (;;) {
-        PyObject *value = _Py_atomic_load_ptr(ptr);
+        PyObject *value = _PyObject_CAST(_Py_atomic_load_ptr(ptr));
         if (value == NULL) {
             return value;
         }
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ _Py_XGetRef(PyObject **ptr)
 static inline PyObject *
 _Py_TryXGetRef(PyObject **ptr)
 {
-    PyObject *value = _Py_atomic_load_ptr(ptr);
+    PyObject *value = _PyObject_CAST(_Py_atomic_load_ptr(ptr));
     if (value == NULL) {
         return value;
     }
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_stackref.h b/Include/internal/pycore_stackref.h
index 10e7199269eb40..a901f228202b60 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_stackref.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_stackref.h
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ _Py_TryIncrefCompareStackRef(PyObject **src, PyObject *op, _PyStackRef *out)
 static inline int
 _Py_TryXGetStackRef(PyObject **src, _PyStackRef *out)
 {
-    PyObject *op = _Py_atomic_load_ptr_relaxed(src);
+    PyObject *op = _PyObject_CAST(_Py_atomic_load_ptr_relaxed(src));
     if (op == NULL) {
         *out = PyStackRef_NULL;
         return 1;
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-06-25-01-03-10.gh-issue-135906.UBrCWq.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-06-25-01-03-10.gh-issue-135906.UBrCWq.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7852759a702804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-06-25-01-03-10.gh-issue-135906.UBrCWq.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix compilation errors when compiling the internal headers with a C++ compiler.