diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0b9a7b9d29..10cd130829 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ jobs:
         profile: minimal
         toolchain: 1.49
         override: true
+    - name: Prepare minimal package versions
+      run: cargo update -p serde --precise 1.0.142
     - name: Run tests
       run: cargo --version &&
         cargo test --verbose --manifest-path=opentelemetry/Cargo.toml --features trace,metrics,rt-tokio,testing &&
diff --git a/examples/grpc/src/client.rs b/examples/grpc/src/client.rs
index df2e65ab14..b19632a435 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/src/client.rs
+++ b/examples/grpc/src/client.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ impl<'a> Injector for MetadataMap<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq)] // tonic don't derive Eq for generated types. We shouldn't manually change it.
 pub mod hello_world {
     tonic::include_proto!("helloworld");
 }
diff --git a/examples/grpc/src/server.rs b/examples/grpc/src/server.rs
index b4f02b5e2e..7afa02bd6d 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/src/server.rs
+++ b/examples/grpc/src/server.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use opentelemetry::{
 };
 use std::error::Error;
 
+#[allow(clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq)] // tonic don't derive Eq for generated types. We shouldn't manually change it.
 pub mod hello_world {
     tonic::include_proto!("helloworld"); // The string specified here must match the proto package name.
 }
diff --git a/examples/tracing-grpc/src/client.rs b/examples/tracing-grpc/src/client.rs
index 5c522be91c..8321eab3c9 100644
--- a/examples/tracing-grpc/src/client.rs
+++ b/examples/tracing-grpc/src/client.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ impl<'a> Injector for MetadataMap<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq)] // tonic don't derive Eq for generated types. We shouldn't manually change it.
 pub mod hello_world {
     tonic::include_proto!("helloworld");
 }
diff --git a/examples/tracing-grpc/src/server.rs b/examples/tracing-grpc/src/server.rs
index e75a1332ae..7276d67106 100644
--- a/examples/tracing-grpc/src/server.rs
+++ b/examples/tracing-grpc/src/server.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use tracing::*;
 use tracing_opentelemetry::OpenTelemetrySpanExt;
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 
+#[allow(clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq)] // tonic don't derive Eq for generated types. We shouldn't manually change it.
 pub mod hello_world {
     tonic::include_proto!("helloworld"); // The string specified here must match the proto package name
 }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/baggage.rs b/opentelemetry-api/src/baggage.rs
index 21ff618b6e..65f32615d7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/baggage.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/baggage.rs
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ impl BaggageExt for Context {
 /// `BaggageMetadata` can be added to values in the form of a property set,
 /// represented as semi-colon `;` delimited list of names and/or name/value
 /// pairs, e.g. `;k1=v1;k2;k3=v3`.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Default)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
 pub struct BaggageMetadata(String);
 
 impl BaggageMetadata {
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/common.rs b/opentelemetry-api/src/common.rs
index 44eae5cf1a..e8a9df0060 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/common.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/common.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ pub enum Value {
 }
 
 /// Wrapper for string-like values
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct StringValue(OtelString);
 
 impl fmt::Debug for StringValue {
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/context.rs b/opentelemetry-api/src/context.rs
index bcd4ffcd4f..b1e145e4cb 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/context.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/context.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ impl Context {
     pub fn get<T: 'static>(&self) -> Option<&T> {
         self.entries
             .get(&TypeId::of::<T>())
-            .and_then(|rc| (&*rc).downcast_ref())
+            .and_then(|rc| rc.downcast_ref())
     }
 
     /// Returns a copy of the context with the new value included.
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ impl Drop for ContextGuard {
 /// while the context is still borrowed.
 fn get_current<F: FnMut(&Context) -> T, T>(mut f: F) -> T {
     CURRENT_CONTEXT
-        .try_with(|cx| f(&*cx.borrow()))
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_CONTEXT.with(|cx| f(&*cx)))
+        .try_with(|cx| f(&cx.borrow()))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_CONTEXT.with(|cx| f(cx)))
 }
 
 /// With TypeIds as keys, there's no need to hash them. They are already hashes
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/metrics/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-api/src/metrics/mod.rs
index bb6e2ca40b..a2613224ed 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/metrics/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/metrics/mod.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl<T> From<PoisonError<T>> for MetricsError {
 }
 
 /// Units denote underlying data units tracked by `Meter`s.
-#[derive(Clone, Default, Debug, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct Unit(Cow<'static, str>);
 
 impl Unit {
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/context.rs b/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/context.rs
index 60aad31fdd..5ead991c2e 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/context.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/context.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl SpanRef<'_> {
     fn with_inner_mut<F: FnOnce(&mut global::BoxedSpan)>(&self, f: F) {
         if let Some(ref inner) = self.0.inner {
             match inner.lock() {
-                Ok(mut locked) => f(&mut *locked),
+                Ok(mut locked) => f(&mut locked),
                 Err(err) => global::handle_error(err),
             }
         }
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ impl TraceContextExt for Context {
         if let Some(span) = self.get::<SynchronizedSpan>() {
             SpanRef(span)
         } else {
-            SpanRef(&*NOOP_SPAN)
+            SpanRef(&NOOP_SPAN)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/span.rs b/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/span.rs
index 1984e1c4c7..ff2e8b5f89 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/span.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/span.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ pub trait Span {
 /// | `Producer` | | yes | | maybe |
 /// | `Consumer` | | yes | maybe | |
 /// | `Internal` | | | | |
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum SpanKind {
     /// Indicates that the span describes a request to some remote service. This
     /// span is usually the parent of a remote `SpanKind::Server` span and does
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/tracer.rs b/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/tracer.rs
index e36d32c5c5..dde5cbe7b3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/tracer.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/tracer.rs
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ pub struct SamplingResult {
 }
 
 /// Decision about whether or not to sample
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum SamplingDecision {
     /// Span will not be recorded and all events and attributes will be dropped.
     Drop,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/exporter/config/collector/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/exporter/config/collector/mod.rs
index 7460414d4c..9455763a64 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/exporter/config/collector/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/exporter/config/collector/mod.rs
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ impl CollectorPipeline {
     /// If users uses custom http client. This function can help retrieve the value of
     /// `OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_USER` environment variable.
     pub fn collector_username(&self) -> Option<String> {
-        (&self.collector_username).clone()
+        self.collector_username.clone()
     }
 
     /// Get the collector's password set in the builder. Default to be the value of
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ impl CollectorPipeline {
     ///
     /// If users uses custom http client. This function can help retrieve the value of
     /// `OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_PASSWORD` environment variable.
-    pub fn collector_password(self) -> Option<String> {
-        (&self.collector_password).clone()
+    pub fn collector_password(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.collector_password.clone()
     }
 
     /// Custom http client used to send spans.
diff --git a/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/testing/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/testing/mod.rs
index 04231664a2..36d2c3a222 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/testing/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-jaeger/src/testing/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#[allow(unused, missing_docs)]
+#[allow(unused, missing_docs, clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq)]
+// tonic don't derive Eq. We shouldn't manually change it.)]
 pub mod jaeger_api_v2;
 
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ pub mod jaeger_client {
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
 
-            return if let Some(spans) = resp
+            if let Some(spans) = resp
                 .get_mut()
                 .message()
                 .await
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ pub mod jaeger_client {
                 spans.spans
             } else {
                 vec![]
-            };
+            }
         }
 
         /// Find traces belongs the service.
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/metric.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/metric.rs
index 582223dd5d..3300421451 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/metric.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/metric.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! OTEL metric exporter
 //!
-//! Defines a [Exporter] to send metric data to backend via OTEL protocol.
+//! Defines a [MetricsExporter] to send metric data to backend via OTEL protocol.
 //!
 //! Currently, OTEL metrics exporter only support GRPC connection via tonic on tokio runtime.
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-proto/src/transform/metrics.rs b/opentelemetry-proto/src/transform/metrics.rs
index d95574dbfe..b31e08e80c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-proto/src/transform/metrics.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-proto/src/transform/metrics.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ pub mod tonic {
 
     use opentelemetry::{Key, Value};
 
-    /// Convert [`Number`](opentelemetry::metrics::Number) to target type based
-    /// on it's [`NumberKind`](opentelemetry::metrics::NumberKind).
+    /// Convert [`Number`](opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::sdk_api::Number) to target type based
+    /// on it's [`NumberKind`](opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::sdk_api::NumberKind).
     pub trait FromNumber {
         fn from_number(number: Number, number_kind: &NumberKind) -> Self;
     }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/export/metrics/aggregation/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/export/metrics/aggregation/mod.rs
index d854b367bf..700c16d9c9 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/export/metrics/aggregation/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/export/metrics/aggregation/mod.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pub trait Histogram: Sum + Count + Aggregation {
 /// For example, test for a Histogram before testing for a Sum, and so on.
 ///
 /// [`Aggregator`]: crate::metrics::aggregators::Aggregator
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct AggregationKind(&'static str);
 
 impl AggregationKind {
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/export/metrics/aggregation/temporality.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/export/metrics/aggregation/temporality.rs
index f3c570fdcc..afcc058fda 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/export/metrics/aggregation/temporality.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/export/metrics/aggregation/temporality.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl TemporalitySelector for StatelessTemporalitySelector {
 
 /// Temporality indicates the temporal aggregation exported by an exporter.
 /// These bits may be OR-d together when multiple exporters are in use.
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum Temporality {
     /// Indicates that an Exporter expects a Cumulative Aggregation.
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/descriptor.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/descriptor.rs
index dc324ce11e..59f83401b3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/descriptor.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/descriptor.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 
 /// Descriptor contains all the settings that describe an instrument, including
 /// its name, metric kind, number kind, and the configurable options.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Descriptor {
     name: String,
     instrument_kind: InstrumentKind,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/instrument_kind.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/instrument_kind.rs
index 28cc372d32..3163dd1e74 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/instrument_kind.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/instrument_kind.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /// Kinds of OpenTelemetry metric instruments
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub enum InstrumentKind {
     /// A histogram instrument
     Histogram,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/number.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/number.rs
index 26e10c1ab7..547dcf82d7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/number.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/sdk_api/number.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl From<u64> for Number {
 }
 
 /// A descriptor for the encoded data type of a `Number`
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub enum NumberKind {
     /// A Number that stores `i64` values.
     I64,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/evicted_queue.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/evicted_queue.rs
index 56ec3c5bc0..c54d880057 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/evicted_queue.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/evicted_queue.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::collections::VecDeque;
 /// This queue maintains an ordered list of elements, and a count of
 /// dropped elements. Elements are removed from the queue in a first
 /// in first out fashion.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct EvictedQueue<T> {
     queue: Option<VecDeque<T>>,
     max_len: u32,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-stackdriver/src/lib.rs b/opentelemetry-stackdriver/src/lib.rs
index 5de27b8611..b7b40e8556 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-stackdriver/src/lib.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-stackdriver/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ use tonic::{
 #[cfg(feature = "yup-authorizer")]
 use yup_oauth2::authenticator::Authenticator;
 
+#[allow(clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq)] // tonic doesn't derive Eq for generated types
 pub mod proto;
 
 use proto::devtools::cloudtrace::v2::BatchWriteSpansRequest;