diff --git a/examples/configmapgen_controller.rs b/examples/configmapgen_controller.rs
index 499ef5e09..6fa3efc06 100644
--- a/examples/configmapgen_controller.rs
+++ b/examples/configmapgen_controller.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Nightly clippy (0.1.64) considers Drop a side effect, see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/9608
+#![allow(clippy::unnecessary_lazy_evaluations)]
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::ConfigMap;
@@ -50,14 +53,14 @@ async fn reconcile(generator: Arc<ConfigMapGenerator>, ctx: Arc<Data>) -> Result
             .metadata
             .namespace
             .as_ref()
-            .ok_or(Error::MissingObjectKey(".metadata.namespace"))?,
+            .ok_or_else(|| Error::MissingObjectKey(".metadata.namespace"))?,
     );
     cm_api
         .patch(
             cm.metadata
                 .name
                 .as_ref()
-                .ok_or(Error::MissingObjectKey(".metadata.name"))?,
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::MissingObjectKey(".metadata.name"))?,
             &PatchParams::apply("configmapgenerator.kube-rt.nullable.se"),
             &Patch::Apply(&cm),
         )
diff --git a/kube-client/src/api/portforward.rs b/kube-client/src/api/portforward.rs
index 4a009b7be..95cdec531 100644
--- a/kube-client/src/api/portforward.rs
+++ b/kube-client/src/api/portforward.rs
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ where
         match msg {
             Message::FromPod(ch, mut bytes) => {
                 let ch = ch as usize;
-                let channel = chan_state.get_mut(ch).ok_or(Error::InvalidChannel(ch))?;
+                let channel = chan_state.get_mut(ch).ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidChannel(ch))?;
 
                 let port_index = ch / 2;
                 // Initialization
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ where
             }
             Message::ToPodClose(ch) => {
                 let ch = ch as usize;
-                let channel = chan_state.get_mut(ch).ok_or(Error::InvalidChannel(ch))?;
+                let channel = chan_state.get_mut(ch).ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidChannel(ch))?;
                 let port_index = ch / 2;
 
                 if !channel.shutdown {
diff --git a/kube-client/src/config/file_config.rs b/kube-client/src/config/file_config.rs
index 0975950ac..bdfec434b 100644
--- a/kube-client/src/config/file_config.rs
+++ b/kube-client/src/config/file_config.rs
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ fn load_from_base64_or_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     let data = value
         .map(load_from_base64)
         .or_else(|| file.as_ref().map(load_from_file))
-        .unwrap_or(Err(LoadDataError::NoBase64DataOrFile))?;
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| Err(LoadDataError::NoBase64DataOrFile))?;
     Ok(ensure_trailing_newline(data))
 }
 
diff --git a/kube-client/src/lib.rs b/kube-client/src/lib.rs
index ff80e36bb..9fcccccd0 100644
--- a/kube-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kube-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
+// Nightly clippy (0.1.64) considers Drop a side effect, see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/9608
+#![allow(clippy::unnecessary_lazy_evaluations)]
 
 macro_rules! cfg_client {
     ($($item:item)*) => {
diff --git a/kube-core/src/schema.rs b/kube-core/src/schema.rs
index 1b1675506..308ee3573 100644
--- a/kube-core/src/schema.rs
+++ b/kube-core/src/schema.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fn hoist_subschema_properties(
     common_obj: &mut Option<Box<ObjectValidation>>,
     instance_type: &mut Option<SingleOrVec<InstanceType>>,
 ) {
-    let common_obj = common_obj.get_or_insert_with(|| Box::new(ObjectValidation::default()));
+    let common_obj = common_obj.get_or_insert_with(Box::<ObjectValidation>::default);
 
     for variant in subschemas {
         if let Schema::Object(SchemaObject {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fn hoist_subschema_properties(
                     {
                         let metadata = variant_object
                             .metadata
-                            .get_or_insert_with(|| Box::new(Metadata::default()));
+                            .get_or_insert_with(Box::<Metadata>::default);
                         metadata.description = Some(description);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/kube-runtime/src/controller/mod.rs b/kube-runtime/src/controller/mod.rs
index c6c4850d9..b3cd9ed08 100644
--- a/kube-runtime/src/controller/mod.rs
+++ b/kube-runtime/src/controller/mod.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ impl Display for ReconcileReason {
             ReconcileReason::Unknown => f.write_str("unknown"),
             ReconcileReason::ObjectUpdated => f.write_str("object updated"),
             ReconcileReason::RelatedObjectUpdated { obj_ref: object } => {
-                f.write_fmt(format_args!("related object updated: {}", object))
+                f.write_fmt(format_args!("related object updated: {object}"))
             }
             ReconcileReason::BulkReconcile => f.write_str("bulk reconcile requested"),
             ReconcileReason::ReconcilerRequestedRetry => f.write_str("reconciler requested retry"),
diff --git a/kube-runtime/src/finalizer.rs b/kube-runtime/src/finalizer.rs
index 372688143..4800e3a84 100644
--- a/kube-runtime/src/finalizer.rs
+++ b/kube-runtime/src/finalizer.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ where
                 // Short-circuit, so that we keep the finalizer if cleanup fails
                 .map_err(Error::CleanupFailed)?;
             // Cleanup was successful, remove the finalizer so that deletion can continue
-            let finalizer_path = format!("/metadata/finalizers/{}", finalizer_i);
+            let finalizer_path = format!("/metadata/finalizers/{finalizer_i}");
             api.patch::<K>(
                 &name,
                 &PatchParams::default(),
diff --git a/kube-runtime/src/reflector/object_ref.rs b/kube-runtime/src/reflector/object_ref.rs
index 3aa7dedf7..cc2049ca1 100644
--- a/kube-runtime/src/reflector/object_ref.rs
+++ b/kube-runtime/src/reflector/object_ref.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl<K: Resource> Display for ObjectRef<K> {
             self.name
         )?;
         if let Some(namespace) = &self.namespace {
-            write!(f, ".{}", namespace)?;
+            write!(f, ".{namespace}")?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn display_should_be_transparent_to_representation() {
         let pod_ref = ObjectRef::<Pod>::new("my-pod").within("my-namespace");
-        assert_eq!(format!("{}", pod_ref), format!("{}", pod_ref.erase()));
+        assert_eq!(format!("{pod_ref}"), format!("{}", pod_ref.erase()));
         let deploy_ref = ObjectRef::<Deployment>::new("my-deploy").within("my-namespace");
-        assert_eq!(format!("{}", deploy_ref), format!("{}", deploy_ref.erase()));
+        assert_eq!(format!("{deploy_ref}"), format!("{}", deploy_ref.erase()));
         let node_ref = ObjectRef::<Node>::new("my-node");
-        assert_eq!(format!("{}", node_ref), format!("{}", node_ref.erase()));
+        assert_eq!(format!("{node_ref}"), format!("{}", node_ref.erase()));
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/kube-runtime/src/watcher.rs b/kube-runtime/src/watcher.rs
index 14bf5d767..be2ac092c 100644
--- a/kube-runtime/src/watcher.rs
+++ b/kube-runtime/src/watcher.rs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ pub fn watch_object<K: Resource + Clone + DeserializeOwned + Debug + Send + 'sta
     name: &str,
 ) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<Option<K>>> + Send {
     watcher(api, ListParams {
-        field_selector: Some(format!("metadata.name={}", name)),
+        field_selector: Some(format!("metadata.name={name}")),
         ..Default::default()
     })
     .map(|event| match event? {