diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 363e8bbb4c..02c227b242 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ warnings = "deny"
 
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
 all = "deny"
+unwrap_used = { level = "deny", allow-unwrap-in-tests = true }
diff --git a/build-vortex/src/lib.rs b/build-vortex/src/lib.rs
index 5e70edc4c0..ac6e9c5724 100644
--- a/build-vortex/src/lib.rs
+++ b/build-vortex/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ use flatc::flatc;
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 fn manifest_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap())
+    PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR not set"))
         .canonicalize()
         .expect("Failed to canonicalize CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
 }
 
 fn out_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap())
+    PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").expect("OUT_DIR not set"))
         .canonicalize()
         .expect("Failed to canonicalize OUT_DIR")
 }
@@ -79,18 +79,29 @@ fn rerun_if_changed(path: &Path) {
     println!(
         "cargo:rerun-if-changed={}",
         path.canonicalize()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("failed to canonicalize {}", path.to_str().unwrap()))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!(
+                "failed to canonicalize {}",
+                path.to_str().expect("not unicode")
+            ))
             .to_str()
-            .unwrap()
+            .expect("not unicode")
     );
 }
 
 fn check_call(command: &mut Command) {
-    let name = command.get_program().to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+    let name = command
+        .get_program()
+        .to_str()
+        .expect("not unicode")
+        .to_string();
     let Ok(status) = command.status() else {
         panic!("Failed to launch {}", &name)
     };
     if !status.success() {
-        panic!("{} failed with status {}", &name, status.code().unwrap());
+        panic!(
+            "{} failed with status {}",
+            &name,
+            status.code().expect("process terminated by signal")
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/fastlanez-sys/build.rs b/fastlanez-sys/build.rs
index 7292af079b..496c250785 100644
--- a/fastlanez-sys/build.rs
+++ b/fastlanez-sys/build.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 fn main() {
-    let buildrs_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap())
-        .canonicalize()
-        .expect("Failed to canonicalize CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
+    let buildrs_dir =
+        PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("missing CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+            .canonicalize()
+            .expect("Failed to canonicalize CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
     let root_dir = buildrs_dir
         .join("../")
         .canonicalize()
@@ -17,7 +18,10 @@ fn main() {
     // Tell cargo to tell rustc to link fastlanez
     println!(
         "cargo:rustc-link-search={}",
-        fastlanez_dir.join("zig-out/lib").to_str().unwrap()
+        fastlanez_dir
+            .join("zig-out/lib")
+            .to_str()
+            .expect("not unicode")
     );
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=fastlanez");
 
@@ -37,13 +41,13 @@ fn main() {
         .spawn()
         .expect("Could not invoke `zig build`")
         .wait()
-        .unwrap()
+        .expect("Failed to wait on `zig build`")
         .success()
     {
         // Panic if the command was not successful.
         panic!(
             "failed to successfully invoke `zig build` in {}",
-            root_dir.to_str().unwrap()
+            root_dir.to_str().expect("not unicode")
         );
     }
 
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ fn main() {
             fastlanez_dir
                 .join("zig-out/include/fastlanez.h")
                 .to_str()
-                .unwrap(),
+                .expect("not unicode"),
         )
         .clang_args(&[
             get_zig_include().as_ref(),
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ fn main() {
         .expect("Unable to generate bindings");
 
     // Write the bindings to the $OUT_DIR/bindings.rs file.
-    let out_path = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+    let out_path = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").expect("missing OUT_DIR"));
     bindings
         .write_to_file(out_path.join("bindings.rs"))
         .expect("Couldn't write bindings!");
@@ -74,15 +78,18 @@ fn rerun_if_changed(path: &Path) {
     println!(
         "cargo:rerun-if-changed={}",
         path.canonicalize()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("failed to canonicalize {}", path.to_str().unwrap()))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!(
+                "failed to canonicalize {}",
+                path.to_str().expect("not unicode")
+            ))
             .to_str()
-            .unwrap()
+            .expect("not unicode")
     );
 }
 
 fn get_zig_opt() -> &'static str {
-    let profile_env = env::var("PROFILE").unwrap();
-    let opt_level_zero = env::var("OPT_LEVEL").unwrap() == "0";
+    let profile_env = env::var("PROFILE").expect("PROFILE not set");
+    let opt_level_zero = env::var("OPT_LEVEL").expect("OPT_LEVEL not set") == "0";
 
     // based on https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/environment-variables.html
     //
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/lib.rs b/vortex-array/src/lib.rs
index 6513db3df6..0f0be09af9 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub mod flatbuffers {
     #[allow(unused_imports)]
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-    #[allow(clippy::all)]
+    #[allow(clippy::all, clippy::restriction)]
     mod generated {
         include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/flatbuffers/array.rs"));
     }
diff --git a/vortex-dtype/src/lib.rs b/vortex-dtype/src/lib.rs
index 179d9d3a61..7e6f33e538 100644
--- a/vortex-dtype/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vortex-dtype/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ pub mod proto {
 pub mod flatbuffers {
     #[allow(unused_imports)]
     #[allow(dead_code)]
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    #[allow(clippy::all)]
     #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+    #[allow(clippy::all, clippy::restriction)]
     mod generated {
         include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/flatbuffers/dtype.rs"));
     }
diff --git a/vortex-ipc/src/lib.rs b/vortex-ipc/src/lib.rs
index e54e86eaf4..0344889026 100644
--- a/vortex-ipc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vortex-ipc/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub mod flatbuffers {
     #[allow(unused_imports)]
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-    #[allow(clippy::all)]
+    #[allow(clippy::all, clippy::restriction)]
     mod generated {
         include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/flatbuffers/message.rs"));
     }
diff --git a/vortex-scalar/src/lib.rs b/vortex-scalar/src/lib.rs
index faeee748cd..46cb7e83e5 100644
--- a/vortex-scalar/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vortex-scalar/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub mod flatbuffers {
     #[allow(unused_imports)]
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-    #[allow(clippy::all)]
+    #[allow(clippy::all, clippy::restriction)]
     pub mod generated {
         include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/flatbuffers/scalar.rs"));
     }