diff --git a/src/lib/alsa/PeriodBuffer.hxx b/src/lib/alsa/PeriodBuffer.hxx
index ee27fdedc..9b6a31304 100644
--- a/src/lib/alsa/PeriodBuffer.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/alsa/PeriodBuffer.hxx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Alsa {
 class PeriodBuffer {
 	size_t capacity, head, tail;
 
-	uint8_t *buffer;
+	std::byte *buffer;
 
 public:
 	PeriodBuffer() = default;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
 		   to be able to fill the buffer with silence,
 		   after moving an unfinished frame to the
 		   end */
-		buffer = new uint8_t[capacity + frame_size - 1];
+		buffer = new std::byte[capacity + frame_size - 1];
 		head = tail = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public:
 	 * copied to the returned pointer, and call AppendBytes() to
 	 * commit the operation.
 	 */
-	uint8_t *GetTail() noexcept {
+	std::byte *GetTail() noexcept {
 		assert(!IsFull());
 
 		return buffer + tail;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
 	 *
 	 * @param _silence one period worth of silence
 	 */
-	void FillWithSilence(const uint8_t *_silence,
+	void FillWithSilence(const std::byte *_silence,
 			     const size_t frame_size) noexcept {
 		assert(!IsFull());
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public:
 	 * from the returned pointer, and call ConsumeBytes() to
 	 * commit the operation.
 	 */
-	const uint8_t *GetHead() const noexcept {
+	const std::byte *GetHead() const noexcept {
 		return buffer + head;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
index 6e8d08967..db209416e 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -223,14 +223,14 @@ class AlsaOutput final
 	 * It contains silence samples, enough to fill one period (see
 	 * #period_frames).
 	 */
-	uint8_t *silence;
+	std::byte *silence;
 
 	AlsaNonBlockPcm non_block;
 
 	/**
 	 * For copying data from OutputThread to IOThread.
 	 */
-	boost::lockfree::spsc_queue<uint8_t> *ring_buffer;
+	boost::lockfree::spsc_queue<std::byte> *ring_buffer;
 
 	Alsa::PeriodBuffer period_buffer;
 
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ AlsaOutput::Setup(AudioFormat &audio_format,
 	   in the ALSA-PCM buffer */
 	max_avail_frames = hw_result.buffer_size - hw_result.period_size;
 
-	silence = new uint8_t[snd_pcm_frames_to_bytes(pcm, alsa_period_size)];
+	silence = new std::byte[snd_pcm_frames_to_bytes(pcm, alsa_period_size)];
 	snd_pcm_format_set_silence(hw_result.format, silence,
 				   alsa_period_size * audio_format.channels);
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ AlsaOutput::Open(AudioFormat &audio_format)
 	interrupted = false;
 
 	size_t period_size = period_frames * out_frame_size;
-	ring_buffer = new boost::lockfree::spsc_queue<uint8_t>(period_size * 4);
+	ring_buffer = new boost::lockfree::spsc_queue<std::byte>(period_size * 4);
 
 	period_buffer.Allocate(period_frames, out_frame_size);
 
@@ -1234,8 +1234,7 @@ AlsaOutput::Play(const void *chunk, size_t size)
 	if (e.empty())
 		return size;
 
-	size_t bytes_written = ring_buffer->push((const uint8_t *)e.data(),
-						 e.size());
+	size_t bytes_written = ring_buffer->push(e.data(), e.size());
 	assert(bytes_written == e.size());
 	(void)bytes_written;