diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0474e94..7e74eb7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Rust artifacts
+target
 Cargo.lock
 
 # IDE metadate
diff --git a/crates/macro/src/lib.rs b/crates/macro/src/lib.rs
index ff09c9f..3e7959e 100644
--- a/crates/macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@
     unused_unsafe,
     unreachable_patterns
 )]
+#![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
 #![recursion_limit = "128"]
 
-extern crate proc_macro;
 mod macro_attr_parser;
 mod macro_input_parser;
 
diff --git a/crates/macro/src/macro_attr_parser.rs b/crates/macro/src/macro_attr_parser.rs
index a4f10e7..65377b6 100644
--- a/crates/macro/src/macro_attr_parser.rs
+++ b/crates/macro/src/macro_attr_parser.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub enum HandlerAttr {
 }
 
 impl HandlerAttrs {
-    pub fn init_fn_name(&self) -> Option<(&str)> {
+    pub fn init_fn_name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
         self.handler_attrs
             .iter()
             .filter_map(|attr| match attr {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl HandlerAttrs {
             .next()
     }
 
-    pub fn side_modules(&self) -> Option<(&Vec<String>)> {
+    pub fn side_modules(&self) -> Option<&Vec<String>> {
         self.handler_attrs
             .iter()
             .filter_map(|attr| match attr {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl Default for HandlerAttrs {
 }
 
 impl Parse for HandlerAttrs {
-    fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
+    fn parse(input: ParseStream<'_>) -> syn::Result<Self> {
         let mut attrs = HandlerAttrs::default();
         if input.is_empty() {
             return Ok(attrs);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl Parse for HandlerAttrs {
 }
 
 impl Parse for HandlerAttr {
-    fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
+    fn parse(input: ParseStream<'_>) -> syn::Result<Self> {
         // trying to parse the `init_fn`/`side_modules`/... tokens
         let attr_name = input.step(|cursor| match cursor.ident() {
             Some((ident, rem)) => Ok((ident, rem)),
diff --git a/crates/main/Cargo.toml b/crates/main/Cargo.toml
index 8a8a1b7..f42b392 100644
--- a/crates/main/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/main/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 crate-type = ["rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-log = { version = "0.4", features = ["std"] }
-syn = { version = '0.15.0', features = ['full'] }
+log = { version = "0.4.8", features = ["std"] }
+syn = { version = '0.15.44', features = ['full'] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-simple_logger = "1.0" # used in doc test
-lazy_static = "1.3.0" # used in doc test
+simple_logger = "1.6.0" # used in doc test
+lazy_static = "1.4.0" # used in doc test
 
 [features]
 # Turn on the Wasm logger.
diff --git a/crates/main/src/lib.rs b/crates/main/src/lib.rs
index ce70243..e867342 100644
--- a/crates/main/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/main/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
     unused_unsafe,
     unreachable_patterns
 )]
-
-extern crate core;
+#![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
 
 pub mod memory;
 
diff --git a/crates/main/src/memory/errors.rs b/crates/main/src/memory/errors.rs
index 6fa88b2..f04d51f 100644
--- a/crates/main/src/memory/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/main/src/memory/errors.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use std::io;
 pub struct MemError(String);
 
 impl Display for MemError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
         write!(f, "MemError({:?})", self)
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/main/src/memory/mod.rs b/crates/main/src/memory/mod.rs
index 5e2ea06..de56509 100644
--- a/crates/main/src/memory/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/main/src/memory/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 pub mod errors;
 
 use self::errors::MemError;
-use std::alloc::{Alloc, Global, Layout};
+use std::alloc::{alloc as global_alloc, dealloc as global_dealloc, Layout};
 use std::mem;
 use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::ptr::{self, NonNull};
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub const RESPONSE_SIZE_BYTES: usize = 4;
 ///
 pub unsafe fn alloc(size: NonZeroUsize) -> MemResult<NonNull<u8>> {
     let layout: Layout = Layout::from_size_align(size.get(), mem::align_of::<u8>())?;
-    Global.alloc(layout).map_err(Into::into)
+    Ok(NonNull::new_unchecked(global_alloc(layout)))
 }
 
 /// Deallocates memory area for current memory pointer and size. Actually is just a wrapper for
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub unsafe fn alloc(size: NonZeroUsize) -> MemResult<NonNull<u8>> {
 ///
 pub unsafe fn dealloc(ptr: NonNull<u8>, size: NonZeroUsize) -> MemResult<()> {
     let layout = Layout::from_size_align(size.get(), mem::align_of::<u8>())?;
-    Global.dealloc(ptr, layout);
+    global_dealloc(ptr.as_ptr(), layout);
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 494b302..49de066 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     unused_unsafe,
     unreachable_patterns
 )]
+#![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
 
 extern crate fluence_sdk_macro;
 extern crate fluence_sdk_main;