diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fb338856..e1b8afe7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Rust 1.79
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.79.0
+      - name: Install Rust 1.86
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.86.0
         with:
           components: clippy
       - name: Lint
diff --git a/cas_client/Dockerfile b/cas_client/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index a623d92b..00000000
--- a/cas_client/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-FROM rust:1.58 as builder
-
-RUN USER=root rustup component add rustfmt
-RUN USER=root cargo new --bin cas_client
-
-WORKDIR ./cas_client
-ADD ./utils ../utils
-COPY ./cas_client/Cargo.toml ./Cargo.toml
-RUN cargo build --release
-RUN rm src/*.rs
-
-COPY ./cas_client .
-RUN rm ./target/release/deps/cas_client*
-
-RUN cargo build --release
-
-FROM debian:buster-slim
-ARG APP=/usr/src/app
-
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y ca-certificates tzdata \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-ENV TZ=Etc/UTC \
-    APP_USER=appuser
-
-RUN groupadd $APP_USER \
-    && useradd -g $APP_USER $APP_USER \
-    && mkdir -p ${APP}
-
-COPY --from=builder /cas_client/target/release/cas_client ${APP}/cas_client
-RUN mkdir ${APP}/config
-
-RUN chown -R $APP_USER:$APP_USER ${APP}
-
-USER $APP_USER
-WORKDIR ${APP}
diff --git a/merklehash/src/data_hash.rs b/merklehash/src/data_hash.rs
index b874ae89..53359946 100644
--- a/merklehash/src/data_hash.rs
+++ b/merklehash/src/data_hash.rs
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ pub mod hex {
         // Visitor for deserialization
         struct HexVisitor;
 
-        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for HexVisitor {
+        impl Visitor<'_> for HexVisitor {
             type Value = DataHash;
 
             fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
diff --git a/xet_threadpool/src/threadpool.rs b/xet_threadpool/src/threadpool.rs
index 9381d803..5a205c73 100644
--- a/xet_threadpool/src/threadpool.rs
+++ b/xet_threadpool/src/threadpool.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::errors::MultithreadedRuntimeError;
 
+const THREADPOOL_NUM_WORKER_THREADS: usize = 4; // 4 active threads
+const THREADPOOL_THREAD_ID_PREFIX: &str = "hf-xet"; // thread names will be hf-xet-0, hf-xet-1, etc.
+const THREADPOOL_STACK_SIZE: usize = 8_000_000; // 8MB stack size
+const THREADPOOL_MAX_BLOCKING_THREADS: usize = 100; // max 100 threads can block IO
+
 /// This module provides a simple wrapper around Tokio's runtime to create a thread pool
 /// with some default settings. It is intended to be used as a singleton thread pool for
 /// the entire application.
@@ -56,11 +61,6 @@ use crate::errors::MultithreadedRuntimeError;
 ///
 /// - `new_threadpool`: Creates a new Tokio runtime with the specified settings.
 
-const THREADPOOL_NUM_WORKER_THREADS: usize = 4; // 4 active threads
-const THREADPOOL_THREAD_ID_PREFIX: &str = "hf-xet"; // thread names will be hf-xet-0, hf-xet-1, etc.
-const THREADPOOL_STACK_SIZE: usize = 8_000_000; // 8MB stack size
-const THREADPOOL_MAX_BLOCKING_THREADS: usize = 100; // max 100 threads can block IO
-
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ThreadPool {
     // This has to allow for exclusive access to enable shutdown when