diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a514a9e671..707c921d45 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.37"
+version = "4.5.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eccb054f56cbd38340b380d4a8e69ef1f02f1af43db2f0cc817a4774d80ae071"
+checksum = "ed93b9805f8ba930df42c2590f05453d5ec36cbb85d018868a5b24d31f6ac000"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.37"
+version = "4.5.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "efd9466fac8543255d3b1fcad4762c5e116ffe808c8a3043d4263cd4fd4862a2"
+checksum = "379026ff283facf611b0ea629334361c4211d1b12ee01024eec1591133b04120"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73fea8450eea4bac3940448fb7ae50d91f034f941199fcd9d909a5a07aa455f0"
+checksum = "26145e563e54f2cadc477553f1ec5ee650b00862f0a58bcd12cbdc5f0ea2d2f4"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.15.2"
+version = "0.15.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+checksum = "84b26c544d002229e640969970a2e74021aadf6e2f96372b9c58eff97de08eb3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kqueue"
-version = "1.0.8"
+version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7447f1ca1b7b563588a205fe93dea8df60fd981423a768bc1c0ded35ed147d0c"
+checksum = "eac30106d7dce88daf4a3fcb4879ea939476d5074a9b7ddd0fb97fa4bed5596a"
 dependencies = [
  "kqueue-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -445,18 +445,18 @@ checksum = "74765f6d916ee2faa39bc8e68e4f3ed8949b48cccdac59983d287a7cb71ce9c5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.5.11"
+version = "0.5.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d2f103c6d277498fbceb16e84d317e2a400f160f46904d5f5410848c829511a3"
+checksum = "928fca9cf2aa042393a8325b9ead81d2f0df4cb12e1e24cef072922ccd99c5af"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "1.0.5"
+version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d97817398dd4bb2e6da002002db259209759911da105da92bec29ccb12cf58bf"
+checksum = "c71e83d6afe7ff64890ec6b71d6a69bb8a610ab78ce364b3352876bb4c801266"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "errno",
@@ -555,9 +555,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
-version = "0.3.17"
+version = "0.3.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8621587d4798caf8eb44879d42e56b9a93ea5dcd315a6487c357130095b62801"
+checksum = "d881a16cf4426aa584979d30bd82cb33429027e42122b169753d6ef1085ed6e2"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "signal-hook-registry",
@@ -608,9 +608,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.19.1"
+version = "3.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7437ac7763b9b123ccf33c338a5cc1bac6f69b45a136c19bdd8a65e3916435bf"
+checksum = "e8a64e3985349f2441a1a9ef0b853f869006c3855f2cda6862a94d26ebb9d6a1"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "getrandom",
@@ -793,9 +793,9 @@ checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.7.7"
+version = "0.7.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6cb8234a863ea0e8cd7284fcdd4f145233eb00fee02bbdd9861aec44e6477bc5"
+checksum = "c06928c8748d81b05c9be96aad92e1b6ff01833332f281e8cfca3be4b35fc9ec"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 34a4791a2a..dbab70a91d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ infinite_loop = "deny"
 mem_forget = "deny"
 dbg_macro = "warn"
 todo = "warn"
-# TODO: Remove after the following fix is released: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/13102
-needless_option_as_deref = "allow"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/exercises/01_variables/variables5.rs b/exercises/01_variables/variables5.rs
index 49db8e9ed2..cf5620da5f 100644
--- a/exercises/01_variables/variables5.rs
+++ b/exercises/01_variables/variables5.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fn main() {
     let number = "T-H-R-E-E"; // Don't change this line
-    println!("Spell a number: {}", number);
+    println!("Spell a number: {number}");
 
     // TODO: Fix the compiler error by changing the line below without renaming the variable.
     number = 3;
diff --git a/solutions/01_variables/variables5.rs b/solutions/01_variables/variables5.rs
index 9057754ce4..0ea3903013 100644
--- a/solutions/01_variables/variables5.rs
+++ b/solutions/01_variables/variables5.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fn main() {
     let number = "T-H-R-E-E";
-    println!("Spell a number: {}", number);
+    println!("Spell a number: {number}");
 
     // Using variable shadowing
     // https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch03-01-variables-and-mutability.html#shadowing
diff --git a/solutions/22_clippy/clippy3.rs b/solutions/22_clippy/clippy3.rs
index b7eaa57079..81f381e02a 100644
--- a/solutions/22_clippy/clippy3.rs
+++ b/solutions/22_clippy/clippy3.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fn main() {
         -1, -2, -3,
         -4, -5, -6,
     ];
-    println!("My array! Here it is: {:?}", my_arr);
+    println!("My array! Here it is: {my_arr:?}");
 
     let mut my_empty_vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
     // `resize` mutates a vector instead of returning a new one.
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ fn main() {
     let mut value_b = 66;
     // Use `mem::swap` to correctly swap two values.
     mem::swap(&mut value_a, &mut value_b);
-    println!("value a: {}; value b: {}", value_a, value_b);
+    println!("value a: {value_a}; value b: {value_b}");
 }
diff --git a/src/init.rs b/src/init.rs
index 208425c2a3..a60fba70df 100644
--- a/src/init.rs
+++ b/src/init.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ const INIT_SOLUTION_FILE: &[u8] = b"fn main() {
 
 pub const RUST_ANALYZER_TOML: &[u8] = br#"check.command = "clippy"
 check.extraArgs = ["--profile", "test"]
+cargo.targetDir = true
 "#;
 
 const GITIGNORE: &[u8] = b"Cargo.lock