diff --git a/types/types.cc b/types/types.cc
index 9e49b19711..d18a0e840f 100644
--- a/types/types.cc
+++ b/types/types.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <boost/locale/encoding_utf.hpp>
 #include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
 #include <seastar/net/inet_address.hh>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include "utils/big_decimal.hh"
 #include "utils/date.h"
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@
 #include "types/set.hh"
 #include "types/listlike_partial_deserializing_iterator.hh"
 
+static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible_v<data_value>);
+static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_assignable_v<data_value>);
+
 static logging::logger tlogger("types");
 
 bytes_view_opt read_collection_value(bytes_view& in);
@@ -3799,7 +3803,7 @@ data_value::data_value(const data_value& v) : _value(nullptr), _type(v._type) {
 }
 
 data_value&
-data_value::operator=(data_value&& x) {
+data_value::operator=(data_value&& x) noexcept {
     auto tmp = std::move(x);
     std::swap(tmp._value, this->_value);
     std::swap(tmp._type, this->_type);
diff --git a/types/types.hh b/types/types.hh
index f13a7767de..fd89b35d83 100644
--- a/types/types.hh
+++ b/types/types.hh
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public:
     data_value(bool_class<Tag>);
 
     data_value& operator=(const data_value&);
-    data_value& operator=(data_value&&);
+    data_value& operator=(data_value&&) noexcept;
     const data_type& type() const {
         return _type;
     }