diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Generic/Dictionary.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Generic/Dictionary.cs
index c103bd8fe4304c..90e2ac97a93114 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Generic/Dictionary.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Generic/Dictionary.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ private void AddRange(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>> enumerable)
             // back-compat with subclasses that may have overridden the enumerator behavior.
             if (enumerable.GetType() == typeof(Dictionary<TKey, TValue>))
             {
-                Dictionary<TKey, TValue> source = (Dictionary<TKey, TValue>)enumerable;
+                Dictionary<TKey, TValue> source = Unsafe.As<Dictionary<TKey, TValue>>(enumerable);
 
                 if (source.Count == 0)
                 {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ private void AddRange(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>> enumerable)
             }
             else if (enumerable.GetType() == typeof(List<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>))
             {
-                span = CollectionsMarshal.AsSpan((List<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>)enumerable);
+                span = CollectionsMarshal.AsSpan(Unsafe.As<List<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>>(enumerable));
             }
             else
             {