diff --git a/rdflib/plugins/parsers/rdfxml.py b/rdflib/plugins/parsers/rdfxml.py
index e0f6e05fa..54fc69567 100644
--- a/rdflib/plugins/parsers/rdfxml.py
+++ b/rdflib/plugins/parsers/rdfxml.py
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ def document_element_start(
         self, name: Tuple[str, str], qname, attrs: AttributesImpl
     ) -> None:
         if name[0] and URIRef("".join(name)) == RDFVOC.RDF:
-            next = self.next
+            # Cheap hack so 2to3 doesn't turn it into __next__
+            next = getattr(self, "next")
             next.start = self.node_element_start
             next.end = self.node_element_end
         else:
@@ -315,7 +316,8 @@ def node_element_start(
         current = self.current
         absolutize = self.absolutize
 
-        next = self.next
+        # Cheap hack so 2to3 doesn't turn it into __next__
+        next = getattr(self, "next")
         next.start = self.property_element_start
         next.end = self.property_element_end
 
@@ -408,7 +410,8 @@ def property_element_start(
         current = self.current
         absolutize = self.absolutize
 
-        next = self.next
+        # Cheap hack so 2to3 doesn't turn it into __next__
+        next = getattr(self, "next")
         object: Optional[_ObjectType] = None
         current.data = None
         current.list = None
diff --git a/rdflib/plugins/stores/berkeleydb.py b/rdflib/plugins/stores/berkeleydb.py
index 872dc368e..12009787c 100644
--- a/rdflib/plugins/stores/berkeleydb.py
+++ b/rdflib/plugins/stores/berkeleydb.py
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ def remove(  # type: ignore[override]
                 cursor = index.cursor(txn=txn)
                 try:
                     cursor.set_range(key)
-                    current = cursor.next
+                    # Hack to stop 2to3 converting this to next(cursor)
+                    current = getattr(cursor, "next")()
                 except db.DBNotFoundError:
                     current = None
                 cursor.close()
@@ -505,7 +506,8 @@ def triples(
             cursor = index.cursor(txn=txn)
             try:
                 cursor.set_range(key)
-                current = cursor.next
+                # Cheap hack so 2to3 doesn't convert to next(cursor)
+                current = getattr(cursor, "next")()
             except db.DBNotFoundError:
                 current = None
             cursor.close()
@@ -537,7 +539,8 @@ def __len__(self, context: Optional[_ContextType] = None) -> int:
             key, value = current
             if key.startswith(prefix):
                 count += 1
-                current = cursor.next
+                # Hack to stop 2to3 converting this to next(cursor)
+                current = getattr(cursor, "next")()
             else:
                 break
         cursor.close()
@@ -590,7 +593,8 @@ def namespaces(self) -> Generator[Tuple[str, URIRef], None, None]:
         while current:
             prefix, namespace = current
             results.append((prefix.decode("utf-8"), namespace.decode("utf-8")))
-            current = cursor.next
+            # Hack to stop 2to3 converting this to next(cursor)
+            current = getattr(cursor, "next")()
         cursor.close()
         for prefix, namespace in results:
             yield prefix, URIRef(namespace)
@@ -633,7 +637,8 @@ def contexts(
                 cursor = index.cursor()
                 try:
                     cursor.set_range(key)
-                    current = cursor.next
+                    # Hack to stop 2to3 converting this to next(cursor)
+                    current = getattr(cursor, "next")()
                 except db.DBNotFoundError:
                     current = None
                 cursor.close()