diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 31ca64539..c4c00c667 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -1798,6 +1798,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     ValueType & get_to(ValueType& v) const noexcept(noexcept(
                 JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>(), v)))
     {
+        static_assert(!std::is_const<ValueType>::value, "Cannot deserialize into constant fields");
         JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, v);
         return v;
     }
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index a858728c4..4db1a90ac 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -21101,6 +21101,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     ValueType & get_to(ValueType& v) const noexcept(noexcept(
                 JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(std::declval<const basic_json_t&>(), v)))
     {
+        static_assert(!std::is_const<ValueType>::value, "Cannot deserialize into constant fields");
         JSONSerializer<ValueType>::from_json(*this, v);
         return v;
     }