diff --git a/data_store/examples/memory_usage.rs b/data_store/examples/memory_usage.rs
index db559bcb9d546..93493654a0424 100644
--- a/data_store/examples/memory_usage.rs
+++ b/data_store/examples/memory_usage.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl TrackingAllocator {
 }
 
 fn data_path(camera: u64, index: u64, field: &str) -> DataPath {
-    DataPath(vec![
+    DataPath::new(vec![
         DataPathComponent::String("camera".into()),
         DataPathComponent::Index(Index::Sequence(camera)),
         DataPathComponent::String("point".into()),
diff --git a/log_types/src/encoding.rs b/log_types/src/encoding.rs
index b377289726911..86955e647d340 100644
--- a/log_types/src/encoding.rs
+++ b/log_types/src/encoding.rs
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ fn test_encode_decode() {
         TimeValue::Time(Time::from_ns_since_epoch(1_649_934_625_012_345_678)),
     )]);
     let messages = vec![
-        log_msg(&time_point, DataPath::default() / "foo" / "bar" / "baz", 42),
+        log_msg(&time_point, DataPath::from("foo") / "bar" / "baz", 42),
         crate::log_msg(
             &time_point,
-            DataPath::default() / "badger" / "mushroom" / "snake",
+            DataPath::from("badger") / "mushroom" / "snake",
             1337.0,
         ),
     ];