diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 8f4882fd5..cff017725 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -3860,7 +3860,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                    detail::is_usable_as_key_type<basic_json_t, KeyType>::value > ... >
     string_t value(const KeyType& key, const char* default_value) const
     {
+#ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+        return value(key, std::string_view(default_value));
+#else
         return value(key, string_t(default_value));
+#endif
     }
 
     /*!
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 866fcb26e..d787a306d 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -20907,7 +20907,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                    detail::is_usable_as_key_type<basic_json_t, KeyType>::value > ... >
     string_t value(const KeyType& key, const char* default_value) const
     {
+#ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+        return value(key, std::string_view(default_value));
+#else
         return value(key, string_t(default_value));
+#endif
     }
 
     /*!