diff --git a/src/cmd/license.zig b/src/cmd/license.zig
index 045ff4f7f2a021a59623d052a185e1802bd97453..5cfd72edbd72b5ea000185ffe362ab290032e154 100644
--- a/src/cmd/license.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/license.zig
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     };
     const top_module = try common.collect_deps_deep(cachepath, dir, &options);
 
-    const master_list = &List.init(gpa);
-    try common.collect_pkgs(top_module, master_list);
+    var master_list = List.init(gpa);
+    try common.collect_pkgs(top_module, &master_list);
 
-    const map = &Map.init(gpa);
+    var map = Map.init(gpa);
 
-    const unspecified_list = &List.init(gpa);
+    var unspecified_list = List.init(gpa);
 
     for (master_list.items) |item| {
         if (item.clean_path.len == 0) {
diff --git a/src/common.zig b/src/common.zig
index f572d409c387b9971bb2ec4b49e63e13cfd3a574..da106f4bf63837953d5f23450570ef8cde33cb25 100644
--- a/src/common.zig
+++ b/src/common.zig
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ pub fn get_module_from_dep(d: *zigmod.Dep, cachepath: string, options: *CollectO
 pub fn add_files_package(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, cachepath: string, pkg_name: string, mdir: std.fs.Dir, dirs: []const string) !zigmod.Module {
     const fname = try std.mem.join(alloc, "", &.{ pkg_name, ".zig" });
 
-    const map = &std.StringHashMap(string).init(alloc);
+    var map = std.StringHashMap(string).init(alloc);
     defer map.deinit();
 
     for (dirs) |dir_path| {
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index d2bb2ee5d5c56a4994455efbe7951d09575b8e27..b096bb76aa6e552e12f97a224f420d40c4a61231 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ const alphabet = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 pub fn random_string(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, len: usize) !string {
     const now = @intCast(u64, std.time.nanoTimestamp());
     var rand = std.rand.DefaultPrng.init(now);
-    const r = &rand.random();
+    var r = rand.random();
     var buf = try alloc.alloc(u8, len);
     var i: usize = 0;
     while (i < len) : (i += 1) {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ pub fn validate_hash(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, input: string, file_path: string)
 }
 
 pub fn do_hash(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, comptime algo: type, data: string) !string {
-    const h = &algo.init(.{});
+    var h = algo.init(.{});
     var out: [algo.digest_length]u8 = undefined;
     h.update(data);
     h.final(&out);
diff --git a/src/util/module.zig b/src/util/module.zig
index 7239e848da6ec13dd2660bcf4e8c0dd7c7e2080d..5bb7d13304467044ffadce0dc27af79ed39f6309 100644
--- a/src/util/module.zig
+++ b/src/util/module.zig
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub const Module = struct {
             }
         }.lt);
 
-        const h = &std.crypto.hash.Blake3.init(.{});
+        var h = std.crypto.hash.Blake3.init(.{});
         for (file_list_2.items) |item| {
             const abs_path = try std.fs.path.join(alloc, &.{ cdpath, self.clean_path, item });
             const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(abs_path, .{});
diff --git a/src/util/yaml.zig b/src/util/yaml.zig
index d507ec025a306b4d9ef35281b9946550b63abf3f..cf94bc8dd301362dd287e2c73adb100f7a60e9dd 100644
--- a/src/util/yaml.zig
+++ b/src/util/yaml.zig
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ pub fn parse(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, input: string) !Document {
         }
     }
 
-    const p = &Parser{
+    var p = Parser{
         .alloc = alloc,
         .tokens = all_events.items,
         .lines = lines,