diff --git a/src/entt/core/hashed_string.hpp b/src/entt/core/hashed_string.hpp
index 5536b6849..a8647c282 100644
--- a/src/entt/core/hashed_string.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/core/hashed_string.hpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     /*! @copydoc data */
-    [[nodiscard]] constexpr operator const value_type *() const noexcept {
+    [[nodiscard]] explicit constexpr operator const value_type *() const noexcept {
         return data();
     }