diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index f25b5b140..398f3f015 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.95.0"
+channel = "1.97.0"
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/embeddings.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/embeddings.rs
index 58e037bdd..469c25b4a 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/embeddings.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/embeddings.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ pub fn compute_output_schema(
         let field_name = ed
             .dest_column
             .clone()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{}_embedding", &ed.source_column));
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{}_embedding", ed.source_column));
 
         sb.push(Field::new(
             field_name,
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ pub fn compute_embeddings_for_batch(
         let dst_field_name = fld
             .dest_column
             .clone()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{}_embedding", &fld.source_column));
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{}_embedding", fld.source_column));
 
         let dst_field = Field::new(
             dst_field_name,
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ impl<R: RecordBatchReader> WithEmbeddings<R> {
                 let field_name = ed
                     .dest_column
                     .clone()
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{}_embedding", &ed.source_column));
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{}_embedding", ed.source_column));
                 Ok(Field::new(
                     field_name,
                     func.dest_type()?.into_owned(),
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/client.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/client.rs
index 2f4ac03d3..9e34fca9f 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/client.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/client.rs
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RestfulLanceDbClient<S> {
             .err_to_http(request_id.clone())?;
         debug!(
             "Received response for request_id={}: {:?}",
-            request_id, &response
+            request_id, response
         );
         Ok((request_id, response))
     }
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RestfulLanceDbClient<S> {
                 Ok((status, response)) if status.is_success() => {
                     debug!(
                         "Received response for request_id={}: {:?}",
-                        retry_counter.request_id, &response
+                        retry_counter.request_id, response
                     );
                     return Ok((retry_counter.request_id, response));
                 }