diff --git a/include/sparrow/typed_array.hpp b/include/sparrow/typed_array.hpp
index c80c67f6..8ad893ae 100644
--- a/include/sparrow/typed_array.hpp
+++ b/include/sparrow/typed_array.hpp
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ namespace sparrow
         }
         return true;
 #else
-        return std::equal(ta1.begin(), ta1.end(), ta2.begin(), ta2.end());
+        return std::equal(ta1.cbegin(), ta1.cend(), ta2.cbegin(), ta2.cend());
 #endif
     }