diff --git a/.clippy.toml b/.clippy.toml
index 814e40b696..b1552463ed 100644
--- a/.clippy.toml
+++ b/.clippy.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 msrv = "1.70.0"
-cognitive-complexity-threshold = 10
+cognitive-complexity-threshold = 24
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs/unit_tests.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs/unit_tests.rs
index c6ff990c3a..baeafdd56a 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs/unit_tests.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs/unit_tests.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::parseargs::Parser;
 use crate::StatusLevel;
 
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android")))]
+#[allow(clippy::useless_vec)]
 #[test]
 fn unimplemented_flags_should_error_non_linux() {
     let mut succeeded = Vec::new();
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ fn unimplemented_flags_should_error_non_linux() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[allow(clippy::useless_vec)]
 fn unimplemented_flags_should_error() {
     let mut succeeded = Vec::new();
 
diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index 4d288c9404..07420d9c1d 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ impl Output {
         let file = if let Some(name) = name {
             // This is different from `File::create()` because we don't truncate the output yet.
             // This allows using the output file as an input file.
+            #[allow(clippy::suspicious_open_options)]
             let file = OpenOptions::new()
                 .write(true)
                 .create(true)
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
index 11bb0a8bb7..880620c7ab 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
@@ -660,10 +660,11 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(path.to_str(), Some(""));
         // The main point to test here is that we don't crash.
         // The result should be 'false', to avoid unnecessary and confusing warnings.
-        assert_eq!(false, is_root(&path, false));
-        assert_eq!(false, is_root(&path, true));
+        assert!(!is_root(&path, false));
+        assert!(!is_root(&path, true));
     }
 
+    #[allow(clippy::needless_borrow)]
     #[cfg(unix)]
     #[test]
     fn test_literal_root() {
@@ -675,8 +676,8 @@ mod tests {
             "cfg(unix) but using non-unix path delimiters?!"
         );
         // Must return true, this is the main scenario that --preserve-root shall prevent.
-        assert_eq!(true, is_root(&path, false));
-        assert_eq!(true, is_root(&path, true));
+        assert!(is_root(&path, false));
+        assert!(is_root(&path, true));
     }
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_symlink_slash() {
         let temp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
         let symlink_path = temp_dir.path().join("symlink");
-        unix::fs::symlink(&PathBuf::from("/"), &symlink_path).unwrap();
+        unix::fs::symlink(PathBuf::from("/"), symlink_path).unwrap();
         let symlink_path_slash = temp_dir.path().join("symlink/");
         // Must return true, we're about to "accidentally" recurse on "/",
         // since "symlink/" always counts as an already-entered directory
@@ -697,8 +698,8 @@ mod tests {
         //   chown: it is dangerous to operate recursively on 'slink-to-root/' (same as '/')
         //   chown: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe
         //   [$? = 1]
-        assert_eq!(true, is_root(&symlink_path_slash, false));
-        assert_eq!(true, is_root(&symlink_path_slash, true));
+        assert!(is_root(&symlink_path_slash, false));
+        assert!(is_root(&symlink_path_slash, true));
     }
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -707,9 +708,9 @@ mod tests {
         // This covers both the commandline-argument case and the recursion case.
         let temp_dir = tempdir().unwrap();
         let symlink_path = temp_dir.path().join("symlink");
-        unix::fs::symlink(&PathBuf::from("/"), &symlink_path).unwrap();
+        unix::fs::symlink(PathBuf::from("/"), &symlink_path).unwrap();
         // Only return true  we're about to "accidentally" recurse on "/".
-        assert_eq!(false, is_root(&symlink_path, false));
-        assert_eq!(true, is_root(&symlink_path, true));
+        assert!(!is_root(&symlink_path, false));
+        assert!(is_root(&symlink_path, true));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_glob.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_glob.rs
index a4e12f467a..100d2edf56 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_glob.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_glob.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // test that we don't look for closing square brackets unnecessarily
         // Verifies issue #5584
-        let chars = std::iter::repeat("^[").take(174571).collect::<String>();
+        let chars = "^[".repeat(174571);
         assert_eq!(fix_negation(chars.as_str()), chars);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
index 12c54d610a..818b7e7992 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ fn test_base64_multiple_files() {
         .arg("alice_in_wonderland.txt")
         .succeeds()
         .no_stderr()
-        .stdout_is_fixture_bytes(format!("base64/md5_multiple_files.expected"));
+        .stdout_is_fixture_bytes("base64/md5_multiple_files.expected");
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index fc955db4c9..e3b373da19 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -3306,7 +3306,7 @@ fn test_symbolic_link_file() {
 #[test]
 fn test_src_base_dot() {
     let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
-    let at = ts.fixtures.clone();
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
     at.mkdir("x");
     at.mkdir("y");
     ts.ucmd()
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
index 213ab51384..a3b007909e 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ fn test_seek_past_dev() {
 fn test_reading_partial_blocks_from_fifo() {
     // Create the FIFO.
     let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
-    let at = ts.fixtures.clone();
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
     at.mkfifo("fifo");
     let fifoname = at.plus_as_string("fifo");
 
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ fn test_reading_partial_blocks_from_fifo() {
 fn test_reading_partial_blocks_from_fifo_unbuffered() {
     // Create the FIFO.
     let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
-    let at = ts.fixtures.clone();
+    let at = ts.fixtures;
     at.mkfifo("fifo");
     let fifoname = at.plus_as_string("fifo");
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_env.rs b/tests/by-util/test_env.rs
index 28ba97ad66..13535e4161 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_env.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_env.rs
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ macro_rules! compare_with_gnu {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)] // Ignore clippy lint of too long function sign
 fn test_env_with_gnu_reference_parsing_errors() {
     let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
index 50e2f4fe55..5910da7f8a 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (formats) cymdhm cymdhms mdhm mdhms ymdhm ymdhms datetime mktime
 
 use crate::common::util::{AtPath, TestScenario};
-use filetime::{set_symlink_file_times, FileTime};
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "freebsd"))]
+use filetime::set_symlink_file_times;
+use filetime::FileTime;
 use std::fs::remove_file;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
diff --git a/tests/common/random.rs b/tests/common/random.rs
index 42b6eaa770..82a58578ee 100644
--- a/tests/common/random.rs
+++ b/tests/common/random.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)] // Ignore clippy lint of too long function sign
     fn test_random_string_generate_with_delimiter_should_end_with_delimiter() {
         let random_string = RandomString::generate_with_delimiter(Alphanumeric, 0, 1, true, 1);
         assert_eq!(1, random_string.len());
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)] // Ignore clippy lint of too long function sign
     fn test_random_string_generate_with_delimiter_should_not_end_with_delimiter() {
         let random_string = RandomString::generate_with_delimiter(Alphanumeric, 0, 0, false, 1);
         assert_eq!(1, random_string.len());
diff --git a/tests/common/util.rs b/tests/common/util.rs
index 1d9786bbef..19ef8317af 100644
--- a/tests/common/util.rs
+++ b/tests/common/util.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use std::os::windows::fs::{symlink_dir, symlink_file};
 #[cfg(windows)]
-use std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR;
+use std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Child, Command, ExitStatus, Output, Stdio};
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ impl AtPath {
 
     pub fn relative_symlink_file(&self, original: &str, link: &str) {
         #[cfg(windows)]
-        let original = original.replace('/', &MAIN_SEPARATOR.to_string());
+        let original = original.replace('/', MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR);
         log_info(
             "symlink",
             format!("{},{}", &original, &self.plus_as_string(link)),
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ impl AtPath {
 
     pub fn relative_symlink_dir(&self, original: &str, link: &str) {
         #[cfg(windows)]
-        let original = original.replace('/', &MAIN_SEPARATOR.to_string());
+        let original = original.replace('/', MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR);
         log_info(
             "symlink",
             format!("{},{}", &original, &self.plus_as_string(link)),