diff --git a/src/span.h b/src/span.h
index 69baaf2708e..14ad8d284bb 100644
--- a/src/span.h
+++ b/src/span.h
@@ -290,9 +290,10 @@ template <typename B>
 concept BasicByte = requires { UCharCast(std::span<B>{}.data()); };
 
 // Helper function to safely convert a Span to a Span<[const] unsigned char>.
-template <typename T> constexpr auto UCharSpanCast(Span<T> s) -> Span<typename std::remove_pointer<decltype(UCharCast(s.data()))>::type> { return {UCharCast(s.data()), s.size()}; }
+template <typename T, size_t N> constexpr auto UCharSpanCast(std::span<T, N> s) { return std::span<std::remove_pointer_t<decltype(UCharCast(s.data()))>, N>{UCharCast(s.data()), s.size()}; }
 
 /** Like the Span constructor, but for (const) unsigned char member types only. Only works for (un)signed char containers. */
-template <typename V> constexpr auto MakeUCharSpan(V&& v) -> decltype(UCharSpanCast(Span{std::forward<V>(v)})) { return UCharSpanCast(Span{std::forward<V>(v)}); }
+template <typename V> constexpr auto MakeUCharSpan(const V& v) -> decltype(UCharSpanCast(std::span{v})) { return UCharSpanCast(std::span{v}); }
+template <typename V> constexpr auto MakeWritableUCharSpan(V&& v) -> decltype(UCharSpanCast(std::span{std::forward<V>(v)})) { return UCharSpanCast(std::span{std::forward<V>(v)}); }
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_SPAN_H
diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
index 6ac6d30d6c5..706a6ba9198 100644
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(parse_hex)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(hex_literal_span.begin(), hex_literal_span.end(), expected.begin(), expected.end());
 
     const std::vector<std::byte> hex_literal_vector{operator""_hex_v<util::detail::Hex(HEX_PARSE_INPUT)>()};
-    hex_literal_span = MakeUCharSpan(hex_literal_vector);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(hex_literal_span.begin(), hex_literal_span.end(), expected.begin(), expected.end());
+    auto hex_literal_vec_span = MakeUCharSpan(hex_literal_vector);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(hex_literal_vec_span.begin(), hex_literal_vec_span.end(), expected.begin(), expected.end());
 
     constexpr std::array<uint8_t, 65> hex_literal_array_uint8{operator""_hex_u8<util::detail::Hex(HEX_PARSE_INPUT)>()};
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(hex_literal_array_uint8.begin(), hex_literal_array_uint8.end(), expected.begin(), expected.end());
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(util_HexStr)
     {
         constexpr std::string_view out_exp{"04678afdb0"};
         constexpr std::span in_s{HEX_PARSE_OUTPUT, out_exp.size() / 2};
-        const Span<const uint8_t> in_u{MakeUCharSpan(in_s)};
+        const std::span<const uint8_t> in_u{MakeUCharSpan(in_s)};
         const std::span<const std::byte> in_b{MakeByteSpan(in_s)};
 
         BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(in_u), out_exp);