diff --git a/gstreamer/src/structure.rs b/gstreamer/src/structure.rs
index 89f0bbe26..3825e5676 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/structure.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/structure.rs
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ impl StructureRef {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_name(&self) -> &'static str {
+    pub fn get_name<'a>(&self) -> &'a str {
         unsafe {
             CStr::from_ptr(gst_sys::gst_structure_get_name(&self.0))
                 .to_str()
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ impl StructureRef {
         Iter::new(self)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_nth_field_name(&self, idx: u32) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    pub fn get_nth_field_name<'a>(&self, idx: u32) -> Option<&'a str> {
         unsafe {
             let field_name = gst_sys::gst_structure_nth_field_name(&self.0, idx);
             if field_name.is_null() {
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/tags.rs b/gstreamer/src/tags.rs
index e82439ae1..432dafaf9 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/tags.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/tags.rs
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ pub fn tag_get_type(name: &str) -> glib::Type {
     unsafe { from_glib(gst_sys::gst_tag_get_type(name.to_glib_none().0)) }
 }
 
-pub fn tag_get_nick(name: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
+pub fn tag_get_nick<'b>(name: &str) -> Option<&'b str> {
     skip_assert_initialized!();
     unsafe {
         let ptr = gst_sys::gst_tag_get_nick(name.to_glib_none().0);
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ pub fn tag_get_nick(name: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn tag_get_description(name: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
+pub fn tag_get_description<'b>(name: &str) -> Option<&'b str> {
     skip_assert_initialized!();
     unsafe {
         let ptr = gst_sys::gst_tag_get_description(name.to_glib_none().0);