diff --git a/include/jlcxx/array.hpp b/include/jlcxx/array.hpp
index 0891384..7984b05 100644
--- a/include/jlcxx/array.hpp
+++ b/include/jlcxx/array.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 #include "type_conversion.hpp"
 #include "tuple.hpp"
 
+#if (JULIA_VERSION_MAJOR * 100 + JULIA_VERSION_MINOR) >= 111
+// yes the arguments are really switched
+#define jl_arrayset(args, s, i) jl_array_ptr_set(args, i, s)
+#endif
+
 namespace jlcxx
 {
 
@@ -164,6 +169,14 @@ struct ArrayElementType<T,WrappedPtrTrait>
 template<typename ValueT, int Dim = 1>
 class ArrayRef
 {
+  /// wrapper for julia jl_array_data for different julia versions
+  static julia_t* jlcxx_array_data(jl_array_t* arr) {
+#if (JULIA_VERSION_MAJOR * 100 + JULIA_VERSION_MINOR) >= 111
+    return jl_array_data(arr, julia_t);
+#else
+    return static_cast<julia_t*>(jl_array_data(arr));
+#endif
+  }
 public:
 
   using julia_t = typename detail::ArrayElementType<ValueT>::type;
@@ -191,22 +204,22 @@ class ArrayRef
 
   iterator begin()
   {
-    return iterator(static_cast<julia_t*>(jl_array_data(wrapped())));
+    return iterator(jlcxx_array_data(wrapped()));
   }
 
   const_iterator begin() const
   {
-    return const_iterator(static_cast<julia_t*>(jl_array_data(wrapped())));
+    return const_iterator(jlcxx_array_data(wrapped()));
   }
 
   iterator end()
   {
-    return iterator(static_cast<julia_t*>(jl_array_data(wrapped())) + jl_array_len(wrapped()));
+    return iterator(jlcxx_array_data(wrapped()) + jl_array_len(wrapped()));
   }
 
   const_iterator end() const
   {
-    return const_iterator(static_cast<julia_t*>(jl_array_data(wrapped())) + jl_array_len(wrapped()));
+    return const_iterator(jlcxx_array_data(wrapped()) + jl_array_len(wrapped()));
   }
 
   void push_back(const ValueT& val)
@@ -223,12 +236,12 @@ class ArrayRef
 
   const julia_t* data() const
   {
-    return (julia_t*)jl_array_data(wrapped());
+    return jlcxx_array_data(wrapped());
   }
 
   julia_t* data()
   {
-    return (julia_t*)jl_array_data(wrapped());
+    return jlcxx_array_data(wrapped());
   }
 
   std::size_t size() const