diff --git a/src/types/dict.rs b/src/types/dict.rs
index 8a356545166..f1d03a5bf2f 100644
--- a/src/types/dict.rs
+++ b/src/types/dict.rs
@@ -56,9 +56,14 @@ pyobject_native_type_core!(
 );
 
 impl PyDict {
-    /// Creates a new empty dictionary.
+    /// Deprecated form of [`PyDict::new_bound`].
     pub fn new(py: Python<'_>) -> &PyDict {
-        unsafe { py.from_owned_ptr(ffi::PyDict_New()) }
+        Self::new_bound(py).into_gil_ref()
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new empty dictionary.
+    pub fn new_bound(py: Python<'_>) -> Bound<'_, PyDict> {
+        unsafe { ffi::PyDict_New().assume_owned(py).downcast_into_unchecked() }
     }
 
     /// Creates a new dictionary from the sequence given.
diff --git a/src/types/list.rs b/src/types/list.rs
index f8db0e62ee6..429690eda06 100644
--- a/src/types/list.rs
+++ b/src/types/list.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ pub(crate) fn new_from_iter<'py>(
 }
 
 impl PyList {
+    /// Deprecated form of [`PyList::new_bound`].
+    pub fn new<T, U>(py: Python<'_>, elements: impl IntoIterator<Item = T, IntoIter = U>) -> &PyList
+    where
+        T: ToPyObject,
+        U: ExactSizeIterator<Item = T>,
+    {
+        Self::new_bound(py, elements).into_gil_ref()
+    }
+
     /// Constructs a new list with the given elements.
     ///
     /// If you want to create a [`PyList`] with elements of different or unknown types, or from an
@@ -82,18 +91,30 @@ impl PyList {
     /// All standard library structures implement this trait correctly, if they do, so calling this
     /// function with (for example) [`Vec`]`<T>` or `&[T]` will always succeed.
     #[track_caller]
-    pub fn new<T, U>(py: Python<'_>, elements: impl IntoIterator<Item = T, IntoIter = U>) -> &PyList
+    pub fn new_bound<T, U>(
+        py: Python<'_>,
+        elements: impl IntoIterator<Item = T, IntoIter = U>,
+    ) -> Bound<'_, PyList>
     where
         T: ToPyObject,
         U: ExactSizeIterator<Item = T>,
     {
         let mut iter = elements.into_iter().map(|e| e.to_object(py));
-        new_from_iter(py, &mut iter).into_gil_ref()
+        new_from_iter(py, &mut iter)
     }
 
-    /// Constructs a new empty list.
+    /// Deprecated form of [`PyList::empty_bound`].
     pub fn empty(py: Python<'_>) -> &PyList {
-        unsafe { py.from_owned_ptr(ffi::PyList_New(0)) }
+        Self::empty_bound(py).into_gil_ref()
+    }
+
+    /// Constructs a new empty list.
+    pub fn empty_bound(py: Python<'_>) -> Bound<'_, PyList> {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::PyList_New(0)
+                .assume_owned(py)
+                .downcast_into_unchecked()
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns the length of the list.