diff --git a/gstreamer/src/buffer_serde.rs b/gstreamer/src/buffer_serde.rs
index 2b3becc3b..cbf40466a 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/buffer_serde.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/buffer_serde.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::ClockTime;
 // TODO: try `Either<ByteBuf, Bytes>` to merge the base reprensentations for ser and de
 // while avoiding unneeded copy
 
-impl<'a> Serialize for BufferRef {
+impl Serialize for BufferRef {
     fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         let mut buffer = serializer.serialize_struct("Buffer", 6)?;
         buffer.serialize_field("pts", &self.pts())?;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ impl<'a> Serialize for BufferRef {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Serialize for Buffer {
+impl Serialize for Buffer {
     fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         self.as_ref().serialize(serializer)
     }
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/clock_time_serde.rs b/gstreamer/src/clock_time_serde.rs
index 4f83d7b8d..65d8e3301 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/clock_time_serde.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/clock_time_serde.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use serde::ser::{Serialize, Serializer};
 
 use crate::ClockTime;
 
-impl<'a> Serialize for ClockTime {
+impl Serialize for ClockTime {
     fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         self.0.serialize(serializer)
     }
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/date_time_serde.rs b/gstreamer/src/date_time_serde.rs
index 89d3281e5..f21ae10cc 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/date_time_serde.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/date_time_serde.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl StaticType for Date {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Serialize for Date {
+impl Serialize for Date {
     fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         DateTimeVariants::YMD(
             self.0.year() as i32,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl<'a> Serialize for Date {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Serialize for DateTime {
+impl Serialize for DateTime {
     fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         let variant = if self.has_second() {
             DateTimeVariants::YMDhmsTz(
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
index e85690fc6..d921e8b62 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ macro_rules! skip_assert_initialized {
 #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
 #[allow(clippy::use_self)]
 #[allow(clippy::needless_borrow)]
+#[allow(clippy::let_unit_value)]
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 mod auto;
 pub use crate::auto::functions::*;
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/sample_serde.rs b/gstreamer/src/sample_serde.rs
index 88c378269..ab2b5bfcf 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/sample_serde.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/sample_serde.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::SampleRef;
 use crate::Segment;
 use crate::Structure;
 
-impl<'a> Serialize for SampleRef {
+impl Serialize for SampleRef {
     fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         let mut sample = serializer.serialize_struct("Sample", 5)?;
         sample.serialize_field("buffer", &self.buffer())?;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl<'a> Serialize for SampleRef {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Serialize for Sample {
+impl Serialize for Sample {
     fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         self.as_ref().serialize(serializer)
     }
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/typefind.rs b/gstreamer/src/typefind.rs
index 7e6300f69..55c88c705 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/typefind.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/typefind.rs
@@ -206,18 +206,20 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]>> TypeFindImpl for SliceTypeFind<T> {
         let len = data.len();
 
         let offset = if offset >= 0 {
-            offset as usize
+            usize::try_from(offset).ok()?
         } else {
-            if len < offset.abs() as usize {
+            let offset = usize::try_from(offset.unsigned_abs()).ok()?;
+            if len < offset {
                 return None;
             }
 
-            len - (offset.abs() as usize)
+            len - offset
         };
 
-        let size = size as usize;
-        if offset + size <= len {
-            Some(&data[offset..(offset + size)])
+        let size = usize::try_from(size).ok()?;
+        let end_offset = offset.checked_add(size)?;
+        if end_offset <= len {
+            Some(&data[offset..end_offset])
         } else {
             None
         }