diff --git a/cub/cub/agent/agent_merge_sort.cuh b/cub/cub/agent/agent_merge_sort.cuh
index 380a6ca6f08..3dfecbacc06 100644
--- a/cub/cub/agent/agent_merge_sort.cuh
+++ b/cub/cub/agent/agent_merge_sort.cuh
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ gmem_to_reg(T (&output)[ITEMS_PER_THREAD], It1 input1, It2 input2, int count1, i
     for (int item = 0; item < ITEMS_PER_THREAD; ++item)
     {
       int idx      = BLOCK_THREADS * item + threadIdx.x;
-      output[item] = (idx < count1) ? input1[idx] : input2[idx - count1];
+      output[item] = (idx < count1) ? static_cast<T>(input1[idx]) : static_cast<T>(input2[idx - count1]);
     }
   }
   else
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ gmem_to_reg(T (&output)[ITEMS_PER_THREAD], It1 input1, It2 input2, int count1, i
       int idx = BLOCK_THREADS * item + threadIdx.x;
       if (idx < count1 + count2)
       {
-        output[item] = (idx < count1) ? input1[idx] : input2[idx - count1];
+        output[item] = (idx < count1) ? static_cast<T>(input1[idx]) : static_cast<T>(input2[idx - count1]);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/cub/cub/device/dispatch/dispatch_merge.cuh b/cub/cub/device/dispatch/dispatch_merge.cuh
index 7a82eb61098..7b9ec6b4dd9 100644
--- a/cub/cub/device/dispatch/dispatch_merge.cuh
+++ b/cub/cub/device/dispatch/dispatch_merge.cuh
@@ -218,13 +218,8 @@ template <typename KeyIt1,
           typename PolicyHub = device_merge_policy_hub<value_t<KeyIt1>, value_t<ValueIt1>>>
 struct dispatch_t
 {
-  using key_t   = cub::detail::value_t<KeyIt1>;
-  using value_t = cub::detail::value_t<ValueIt1>;
-
   // Cannot check output iterators, since they could be discard iterators, which do not have the right value_type
-  static_assert(::cuda::std::is_same<cub::detail::value_t<KeyIt2>, key_t>::value, "");
-  static_assert(::cuda::std::is_same<cub::detail::value_t<ValueIt2>, value_t>::value, "");
-  static_assert(::cuda::std::__invokable<CompareOp, key_t, key_t>::value,
+  static_assert(::cuda::std::__invokable<CompareOp, cub::detail::value_t<KeyIt1>, cub::detail::value_t<KeyIt1>>::value,
                 "Comparison operator cannot compare two keys");
 
   void* d_temp_storage;
@@ -351,7 +346,7 @@ struct dispatch_t
     {
       return error;
     }
-    dispatch_t dispatch{std::forward<Args>(args)...};
+    dispatch_t dispatch{::cuda::std::forward<Args>(args)...};
     error = CubDebug(PolicyHub::max_policy::Invoke(ptx_version, dispatch));
     if (cudaSuccess != error)
     {