diff --git a/src/cares_wrap.cc b/src/cares_wrap.cc
index 997c3ba00d6..aab07945786 100644
--- a/src/cares_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/cares_wrap.cc
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ void SetServers(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   }
 
   if (err == 0)
-    err = ares_set_servers_ports(channel->cares_channel(), &servers[0]);
+    err = ares_set_servers_ports(channel->cares_channel(), servers.data());
   else
     err = ARES_EBADSTR;
 
diff --git a/src/inspector_socket.cc b/src/inspector_socket.cc
index f36682b9338..fbaa4969164 100644
--- a/src/inspector_socket.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_socket.cc
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ static void generate_accept_string(const std::string& client_key,
   static const char ws_magic[] = "258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11";
   std::string input(client_key + ws_magic);
   char hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH];
-  USE(SHA1(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(&input[0]), input.size(),
-       reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(hash)));
+  USE(SHA1(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(input.data()),
+           input.size(),
+           reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(hash)));
   node::base64_encode(hash, sizeof(hash), *buffer, sizeof(*buffer));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/inspector_socket_server.cc b/src/inspector_socket_server.cc
index 299664da9a1..f8f6a1b4ab6 100644
--- a/src/inspector_socket_server.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_socket_server.cc
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void SendProtocolJson(InspectorSocket* socket) {
   strm.next_in = const_cast<uint8_t*>(PROTOCOL_JSON + 3);
   strm.avail_in = sizeof(PROTOCOL_JSON) - 3;
   std::string data(kDecompressedSize, '\0');
-  strm.next_out = reinterpret_cast<Byte*>(&data[0]);
+  strm.next_out = reinterpret_cast<Byte*>(data.data());
   strm.avail_out = data.size();
   CHECK_EQ(Z_STREAM_END, inflate(&strm, Z_FINISH));
   CHECK_EQ(0, strm.avail_out);
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 66b7ef5ec53..1806693d4bd 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -733,9 +733,9 @@ static ExitCode ProcessGlobalArgsInternal(std::vector<std::string>* args,
   std::vector<char*> v8_args_as_char_ptr(v8_args.size());
   if (v8_args.size() > 0) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < v8_args.size(); ++i)
-      v8_args_as_char_ptr[i] = &v8_args[i][0];
+      v8_args_as_char_ptr[i] = v8_args[i].data();
     int argc = v8_args.size();
-    V8::SetFlagsFromCommandLine(&argc, &v8_args_as_char_ptr[0], true);
+    V8::SetFlagsFromCommandLine(&argc, v8_args_as_char_ptr.data(), true);
     v8_args_as_char_ptr.resize(argc);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index ed7ec2902f6..9c69cdfc7ed 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ static void InternalModuleReadJSON(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   } while (static_cast<size_t>(numchars) == kBlockSize);
 
   size_t start = 0;
-  if (offset >= 3 && 0 == memcmp(&chars[0], "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3)) {
+  if (offset >= 3 && 0 == memcmp(chars.data(), "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3)) {
     start = 3;  // Skip UTF-8 BOM.
   }
 
diff --git a/src/string_bytes.cc b/src/string_bytes.cc
index 98da55a9d71..b3c0a90b548 100644
--- a/src/string_bytes.cc
+++ b/src/string_bytes.cc
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ size_t StringBytes::hex_encode(
 std::string StringBytes::hex_encode(const char* src, size_t slen) {
   size_t dlen = slen * 2;
   std::string dst(dlen, '\0');
-  hex_encode(src, slen, &dst[0], dlen);
+  hex_encode(src, slen, dst.data(), dlen);
   return dst;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index c5044015c51..5a0b2234852 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ std::string GetProcessTitle(const char* default_title) {
   std::string buf(16, '\0');
 
   for (;;) {
-    const int rc = uv_get_process_title(&buf[0], buf.size());
+    const int rc = uv_get_process_title(buf.data(), buf.size());
 
     if (rc == 0)
       break;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ std::string GetProcessTitle(const char* default_title) {
 
   // Strip excess trailing nul bytes. Using strlen() here is safe,
   // uv_get_process_title() always zero-terminates the result.
-  buf.resize(strlen(&buf[0]));
+  buf.resize(strlen(buf.data()));
 
   return buf;
 }
diff --git a/test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc b/test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc
index b351a23002c..2efa0d55d74 100644
--- a/test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ TEST_F(InspectorSocketTest, Send1Mb) {
   std::string expected(EXPECTED_FRAME_HEADER, sizeof(EXPECTED_FRAME_HEADER));
   expected.append(message);
 
-  delegate->Write(&message[0], message.size());
-  expect_on_client(&expected[0], expected.size());
+  delegate->Write(message.data(), message.size());
+  expect_on_client(expected.data(), expected.size());
 
   char MASK[4] = {'W', 'h', 'O', 'a'};
 
@@ -778,8 +778,8 @@ TEST_F(InspectorSocketTest, Send1Mb) {
   outgoing.resize(outgoing.size() + message.size());
   mask_message(message, &outgoing[sizeof(FRAME_TO_SERVER_HEADER)], MASK);
 
-  do_write(&outgoing[0], outgoing.size());
-  delegate->ExpectData(&message[0], message.size());
+  do_write(outgoing.data(), outgoing.size());
+  delegate->ExpectData(message.data(), message.size());
 
   // 3. Close
   const char CLIENT_CLOSE_FRAME[] = {'\x88', '\x80', '\x2D',