diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5772a280d..756fe6298 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ use_self = "warn"
 missing_const_for_fn = "warn"
 empty_line_after_doc_comments = "warn"
 iter_on_single_items = "warn"
+unnecessary_struct_initialization = "warn"
+string_lit_as_bytes = "warn"
 
 # These are nursery lints which have findings. Allow them for now. Some are not
 # quite mature enough for use in our codebase and some we don't really want.
@@ -171,9 +173,7 @@ non_send_fields_in_send_ty = "allow"
 redundant_pub_crate = "allow"
 significant_drop_in_scrutinee = "allow"
 significant_drop_tightening = "allow"
-string_lit_as_bytes = "allow"
 type_repetition_in_bounds = "allow"
-unnecessary_struct_initialization = "allow"
 
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.2.0-beta.7"
diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/discovery.rs b/crates/net/network/src/discovery.rs
index 8d268765e..679a1cedb 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/discovery.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/discovery.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ impl Discovery {
     pub(crate) fn update_fork_id(&self, fork_id: ForkId) {
         if let Some(discv4) = &self.discv4 {
             // use forward-compatible forkid entry
-            discv4.set_eip868_rlp("eth".as_bytes().to_vec(), EnrForkIdEntry::from(fork_id))
+            discv4.set_eip868_rlp(b"eth".to_vec(), EnrForkIdEntry::from(fork_id))
         }
         // todo: update discv5 enr
     }
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/server.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/server.rs
index 9ca8a57b2..02a108f5f 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/server.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/api/server.rs
@@ -533,9 +533,7 @@ mod tests {
                     transactions.push(transaction);
                 } else {
                     let transaction = TransactionSigned {
-                        transaction: reth_primitives::Transaction::Legacy(
-                            reth_primitives::TxLegacy { ..Default::default() },
-                        ),
+                        transaction: reth_primitives::Transaction::Legacy(Default::default()),
                         ..Default::default()
                     };