diff --git a/src/main/cpp/benchmarks/common/generate_input.cu b/src/main/cpp/benchmarks/common/generate_input.cu
index 3b1376c89a..75f0a8fca0 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/benchmarks/common/generate_input.cu
+++ b/src/main/cpp/benchmarks/common/generate_input.cu
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> create_random_utf8_string_column(data_profile cons
   return cudf::make_strings_column(
     num_rows,
     std::move(offsets),
-    std::move(chars),
+    std::move(chars->release().data.release()[0]),
     profile.get_null_frequency().has_value() ? std::move(result_bitmask) : rmm::device_buffer{},
     null_count);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/src/cast_decimal_to_string.cu b/src/main/cpp/src/cast_decimal_to_string.cu
index 0cd2713a2f..01fc5c5a92 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/src/cast_decimal_to_string.cu
+++ b/src/main/cpp/src/cast_decimal_to_string.cu
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ struct dispatch_decimal_to_non_ansi_string_fn {
 
     return make_strings_column(input.size(),
                                std::move(offsets),
-                               std::move(chars),
+                               std::move(chars->release().data.release()[0]),
                                input.null_count(),
                                cudf::detail::copy_bitmask(input, stream, mr));
   }
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/src/cast_float_to_string.cu b/src/main/cpp/src/cast_float_to_string.cu
index 6fc4d20f79..c0e0875914 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/src/cast_float_to_string.cu
+++ b/src/main/cpp/src/cast_float_to_string.cu
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct dispatch_float_to_string_fn {
 
     return make_strings_column(strings_count,
                                std::move(offsets),
-                               std::move(chars),
+                               std::move(chars->release().data.release()[0]),
                                floats.null_count(),
                                cudf::detail::copy_bitmask(floats, stream, mr));
   }
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/src/cast_string.cu b/src/main/cpp/src/cast_string.cu
index 59a27a59b7..c2a8190062 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/src/cast_string.cu
+++ b/src/main/cpp/src/cast_string.cu
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ void validate_ansi_column(column_view const& col,
     dest.resize(string_bounds[1] - string_bounds[0]);
 
     cudaMemcpyAsync(dest.data(),
-                    &source_col.chars().data<char const>()[string_bounds[0]],
+                    &source_col.chars_begin(stream)[string_bounds[0]],
                     string_bounds[1] - string_bounds[0],
                     cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost,
                     stream.value());
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ struct string_to_integer_impl {
     detail::string_to_integer_kernel<<<blocks, threads, 0, stream.value()>>>(
       data.data(),
       null_mask.data(),
-      string_col.chars().data<char const>(),
+      string_col.chars_begin(stream),
       string_col.offsets().data<size_type>(),
       string_col.null_mask(),
       string_col.size(),
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ struct string_to_decimal_impl {
     detail::string_to_decimal_kernel<<<blocks, threads, 0, stream.value()>>>(
       data.data(),
       null_mask.data(),
-      string_col.chars().data<char const>(),
+      string_col.chars_begin(stream),
       string_col.offsets().data<size_type>(),
       string_col.null_mask(),
       string_col.size(),
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/src/format_float.cu b/src/main/cpp/src/format_float.cu
index d9ecbe8206..3052d334aa 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/src/format_float.cu
+++ b/src/main/cpp/src/format_float.cu
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct dispatch_format_float_fn {
 
     return cudf::make_strings_column(strings_count,
                                      std::move(offsets),
-                                     std::move(chars),
+                                     std::move(chars->release().data.release()[0]),
                                      floats.null_count(),
                                      cudf::detail::copy_bitmask(floats, stream, mr));
   }
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/src/map_utils.cu b/src/main/cpp/src/map_utils.cu
index 002dadb0e3..9b420e201f 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/src/map_utils.cu
+++ b/src/main/cpp/src/map_utils.cu
@@ -575,8 +575,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> extract_keys_or_values(
 
   auto children = cudf::strings::detail::make_strings_children(
     substring_fn{unified_json_buff, extract_ranges}, num_extract, stream, mr);
-  return cudf::make_strings_column(
-    num_extract, std::move(children.first), std::move(children.second), 0, rmm::device_buffer{});
+  return cudf::make_strings_column(num_extract,
+                                   std::move(children.first),
+                                   std::move(children.second->release().data.release()[0]),
+                                   0,
+                                   rmm::device_buffer{});
 }
 
 // Compute the offsets for the final lists of Struct<String,String>.