diff --git a/Source/cmArgumentParser.cxx b/Source/cmArgumentParser.cxx
index 4862de1d49..104436be87 100644
--- a/Source/cmArgumentParser.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmArgumentParser.cxx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void Instance::Bind(NonEmpty<std::string>& val)
         this->ParseResults->AddKeywordError(this->Keyword,
                                             "  empty string not allowed\n");
       }
-      val.assign(std::string(arg));
+      val = std::string(arg);
       return Continue::No;
     },
     ExpectAtLeast{ 1 });
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void Instance::Bind(Maybe<std::string>& val)
 {
   this->Bind(
     [&val](cm::string_view arg) -> Continue {
-      static_cast<std::string&>(val) = std::string(arg);
+      val = std::string(arg);
       return Continue::No;
     },
     ExpectAtLeast{ 0 });
diff --git a/Source/cmArgumentParserTypes.h b/Source/cmArgumentParserTypes.h
index b12cfc0049..bd14f9bd80 100644
--- a/Source/cmArgumentParserTypes.h
+++ b/Source/cmArgumentParserTypes.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ template <>
 struct Maybe<std::string> : public std::string
 {
   using std::string::basic_string;
+  using std::string::operator=;
 };
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -26,12 +27,14 @@ template <>
 struct MaybeEmpty<std::vector<std::string>> : public std::vector<std::string>
 {
   using std::vector<std::string>::vector;
+  using std::vector<std::string>::operator=;
 };
 #  endif
 template <typename T>
 struct MaybeEmpty<std::vector<T>> : public std::vector<T>
 {
   using std::vector<T>::vector;
+  using std::vector<T>::operator=;
 };
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -40,11 +43,13 @@ template <typename T>
 struct NonEmpty<std::vector<T>> : public std::vector<T>
 {
   using std::vector<T>::vector;
+  using std::vector<T>::operator=;
 };
 template <>
 struct NonEmpty<std::string> : public std::string
 {
   using std::string::basic_string;
+  using std::string::operator=;
 };
 
 } // namespace ArgumentParser
@@ -57,18 +62,21 @@ template <typename T>
 struct Maybe : public T
 {
   using T::T;
+  using T::operator=;
 };
 
 template <typename T>
 struct MaybeEmpty : public T
 {
   using T::T;
+  using T::operator=;
 };
 
 template <typename T>
 struct NonEmpty : public T
 {
   using T::T;
+  using T::operator=;
 };
 
 } // namespace ArgumentParser
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLib/testArgumentParser.cxx b/Tests/CMakeLib/testArgumentParser.cxx
index 95df43e828..2dbff01da3 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLib/testArgumentParser.cxx
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLib/testArgumentParser.cxx
@@ -458,6 +458,25 @@ bool testArgumentParserStaticBool()
   return verifyResult(result, unparsedArguments);
 }
 
+bool testArgumentParserTypes()
+{
+  ArgumentParser::Maybe<std::string> maybeString;
+  maybeString = std::string();
+  maybeString = "";
+
+  ArgumentParser::MaybeEmpty<std::vector<std::string>> maybeEmptyVecStr;
+  maybeEmptyVecStr = std::vector<std::string>{};
+
+  ArgumentParser::NonEmpty<std::string> nonEmptyString;
+  nonEmptyString = std::string("x");
+  nonEmptyString = "x";
+
+  ArgumentParser::NonEmpty<std::vector<std::string>> nonEmptyVecStr;
+  nonEmptyVecStr = std::vector<std::string>{ "" };
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 int testArgumentParser(int /*unused*/, char* /*unused*/[])
@@ -482,5 +501,10 @@ int testArgumentParser(int /*unused*/, char* /*unused*/[])
     return -1;
   }
 
+  if (!testArgumentParserTypes()) {
+    std::cout << "While executing testArgumentParserTypes().\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }