diff --git a/src/backup.rs b/src/backup.rs
index 0253ecb..f40ad79 100644
--- a/src/backup.rs
+++ b/src/backup.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pub struct Backup<'a, 'b> {
     b: *mut ffi::sqlite3_backup,
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'b> Backup<'a, 'b> {
+impl Backup<'_, '_> {
     /// Attempt to create a new handle that will allow backups from `from` to
     /// `to`. Note that `to` is a `&mut` - this is because SQLite forbids any
     /// API calls on the destination of a backup while the backup is taking
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Backup<'a, 'b> {
     ///
     /// Will return `Err` if the underlying `sqlite3_backup_init` call returns
     /// `NULL`.
-    pub fn new(from: &'a Connection, to: &'b mut Connection) -> Result<Backup<'a, 'b>> {
+    pub fn new<'a, 'b>(from: &'a Connection, to: &'b mut Connection) -> Result<Backup<'a, 'b>> {
         Backup::new_with_names(from, DatabaseName::Main, to, DatabaseName::Main)
     }
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Backup<'a, 'b> {
     ///
     /// Will return `Err` if the underlying `sqlite3_backup_init` call returns
     /// `NULL`.
-    pub fn new_with_names(
+    pub fn new_with_names<'a, 'b>(
         from: &'a Connection,
         from_name: DatabaseName<'_>,
         to: &'b mut Connection,
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Backup<'a, 'b> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'b> Drop for Backup<'a, 'b> {
+impl Drop for Backup<'_, '_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_backup_finish(self.b) };
     }
diff --git a/src/blob.rs b/src/blob.rs
index 9692d60..0f3d168 100644
--- a/src/blob.rs
+++ b/src/blob.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Blob<'conn> {
+impl Blob<'_> {
     /// Move a BLOB handle to a new row.
     ///
     /// # Failure
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl<'conn> Blob<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> io::Read for Blob<'conn> {
+impl io::Read for Blob<'_> {
     /// Read data from a BLOB incrementally. Will return Ok(0) if the end of
     /// the blob has been reached.
     ///
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ impl<'conn> io::Read for Blob<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> io::Write for Blob<'conn> {
+impl io::Write for Blob<'_> {
     /// Write data into a BLOB incrementally. Will return `Ok(0)` if the end of
     /// the blob has been reached; consider using `Write::write_all(buf)`
     /// if you want to get an error if the entirety of the buffer cannot be
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ impl<'conn> io::Write for Blob<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> io::Seek for Blob<'conn> {
+impl io::Seek for Blob<'_> {
     /// Seek to an offset, in bytes, in BLOB.
     fn seek(&mut self, pos: io::SeekFrom) -> io::Result<u64> {
         let pos = match pos {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ impl<'conn> io::Seek for Blob<'conn> {
 }
 
 #[allow(unused_must_use)]
-impl<'conn> Drop for Blob<'conn> {
+impl Drop for Blob<'_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.close_();
     }
diff --git a/src/cache.rs b/src/cache.rs
index da128a8..2c44641 100644
--- a/src/cache.rs
+++ b/src/cache.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl<'conn> DerefMut for CachedStatement<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Drop for CachedStatement<'conn> {
+impl Drop for CachedStatement<'_> {
     #[allow(unused_must_use)]
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if let Some(stmt) = self.stmt.take() {
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ impl<'conn> Drop for CachedStatement<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> CachedStatement<'conn> {
-    fn new(stmt: Statement<'conn>, cache: &'conn StatementCache) -> CachedStatement<'conn> {
+impl CachedStatement<'_> {
+    fn new<'conn>(stmt: Statement<'conn>, cache: &'conn StatementCache) -> CachedStatement<'conn> {
         CachedStatement {
             stmt: Some(stmt),
             cache,
diff --git a/src/functions.rs b/src/functions.rs
index a94b9a7..ddacb84 100644
--- a/src/functions.rs
+++ b/src/functions.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ pub struct Context<'a> {
     args: &'a [*mut sqlite3_value],
 }
 
-impl<'a> Context<'a> {
+impl Context<'_> {
     /// Returns the number of arguments to the function.
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.args.len()
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     /// # Failure
     ///
     /// Will panic if `idx` is greater than or equal to `self.len()`.
-    pub fn get_raw(&self, idx: usize) -> ValueRef<'a> {
+    pub fn get_raw(&self, idx: usize) -> ValueRef<'_> {
         let arg = self.args[idx];
         unsafe { ValueRef::from_value(arg) }
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9bb11a9..76ea093 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ pub enum DatabaseName<'a> {
     feature = "session",
     feature = "bundled"
 ))]
-impl<'a> DatabaseName<'a> {
+impl DatabaseName<'_> {
     fn to_cstring(&self) -> Result<CString> {
         use self::DatabaseName::{Attached, Main, Temp};
         match *self {
diff --git a/src/load_extension_guard.rs b/src/load_extension_guard.rs
index 096e6ac..ee3dda3 100644
--- a/src/load_extension_guard.rs
+++ b/src/load_extension_guard.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub struct LoadExtensionGuard<'conn> {
     conn: &'conn Connection,
 }
 
-impl<'conn> LoadExtensionGuard<'conn> {
+impl LoadExtensionGuard<'_> {
     /// Attempt to enable loading extensions. Loading extensions will be
     /// disabled when this guard goes out of scope. Cannot be meaningfully
     /// nested.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl<'conn> LoadExtensionGuard<'conn> {
 }
 
 #[allow(unused_must_use)]
-impl<'conn> Drop for LoadExtensionGuard<'conn> {
+impl Drop for LoadExtensionGuard<'_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.conn.load_extension_disable();
     }
diff --git a/src/row.rs b/src/row.rs
index fca2509..4431a3d 100644
--- a/src/row.rs
+++ b/src/row.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl<'stmt> Rows<'stmt> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'stmt> Drop for Rows<'stmt> {
+impl Drop for Rows<'_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.reset();
     }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn, T, F> Iterator for MappedRows<'conn, F>
+impl<T, F> Iterator for MappedRows<'_, F>
 where
     F: FnMut(&Row<'_, '_>) -> T,
 {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<'stmt, T, E, F> Iterator for AndThenRows<'stmt, F>
+impl<T, E, F> Iterator for AndThenRows<'_, F>
 where
     E: convert::From<Error>,
     F: FnMut(&Row<'_, '_>) -> result::Result<T, E>,
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ impl RowIndex for usize {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> RowIndex for &'a str {
+impl RowIndex for &'_ str {
     #[inline]
     fn idx(&self, stmt: &Statement<'_>) -> Result<usize> {
         stmt.column_index(*self)
diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index 70a9f53..ac6e9f9 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ pub struct Session<'conn> {
     filter: Option<Box<dyn Fn(&str) -> bool>>,
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Session<'conn> {
+impl Session<'_> {
     /// Create a new session object
-    pub fn new(db: &'conn Connection) -> Result<Session<'conn>> {
+    pub fn new<'conn>(db: &'conn Connection) -> Result<Session<'conn>> {
         Session::new_with_name(db, DatabaseName::Main)
     }
 
     /// Create a new session object
-    pub fn new_with_name(db: &'conn Connection, name: DatabaseName<'_>) -> Result<Session<'conn>> {
+    pub fn new_with_name<'conn>(
+        db: &'conn Connection,
+        name: DatabaseName<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<Session<'conn>> {
         let name = name.to_cstring()?;
 
         let db = db.db.borrow_mut().db;
@@ -196,7 +199,7 @@ impl<'conn> Session<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Drop for Session<'conn> {
+impl Drop for Session<'_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if self.filter.is_some() {
             self.table_filter(None::<fn(&str) -> bool>);
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ pub struct ChangesetIter<'changeset> {
     item: Option<ChangesetItem>,
 }
 
-impl<'changeset> ChangesetIter<'changeset> {
+impl ChangesetIter<'_> {
     /// Create an iterator on `input`
     pub fn start_strm<'input>(input: &'input mut dyn Read) -> Result<ChangesetIter<'input>> {
         let input_ref = &input;
@@ -312,7 +315,7 @@ impl<'changeset> ChangesetIter<'changeset> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'changeset> FallibleStreamingIterator for ChangesetIter<'changeset> {
+impl FallibleStreamingIterator for ChangesetIter<'_> {
     type Error = crate::error::Error;
     type Item = ChangesetItem;
 
@@ -343,7 +346,7 @@ pub struct Operation<'item> {
     indirect: bool,
 }
 
-impl<'item> Operation<'item> {
+impl Operation<'_> {
     pub fn table_name(&self) -> &str {
         self.table_name
     }
@@ -361,7 +364,7 @@ impl<'item> Operation<'item> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'changeset> Drop for ChangesetIter<'changeset> {
+impl Drop for ChangesetIter<'_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe {
             ffi::sqlite3changeset_finalize(self.it);
diff --git a/src/statement.rs b/src/statement.rs
index 562817c..a32aa28 100644
--- a/src/statement.rs
+++ b/src/statement.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub struct Statement<'conn> {
     stmt: RawStatement,
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
+impl Statement<'_> {
     /// Get all the column names in the result set of the prepared statement.
     pub fn column_names(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
         let n = self.column_count();
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
     /// # Failure
     ///
     /// Will return `Err` if binding parameters fails.
-    pub fn query_named<'a>(&'a mut self, params: &[(&str, &dyn ToSql)]) -> Result<Rows<'a>> {
+    pub fn query_named(&mut self, params: &[(&str, &dyn ToSql)]) -> Result<Rows<'_>> {
         self.check_readonly()?;
         self.bind_parameters_named(params)?;
         Ok(Rows::new(self))
@@ -300,11 +300,11 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
     /// ## Failure
     ///
     /// Will return `Err` if binding parameters fails.
-    pub fn query_map_named<'a, T, F>(
-        &'a mut self,
+    pub fn query_map_named<T, F>(
+        &mut self,
         params: &[(&str, &dyn ToSql)],
         f: F,
-    ) -> Result<MappedRows<'a, F>>
+    ) -> Result<MappedRows<'_, F>>
     where
         F: FnMut(&Row<'_, '_>) -> T,
     {
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
     /// ## Failure
     ///
     /// Will return `Err` if binding parameters fails.
-    pub fn query_and_then_named<'a, T, E, F>(
-        &'a mut self,
+    pub fn query_and_then_named<T, E, F>(
+        &mut self,
         params: &[(&str, &dyn ToSql)],
         f: F,
-    ) -> Result<AndThenRows<'a, F>>
+    ) -> Result<AndThenRows<'_, F>>
     where
         E: convert::From<Error>,
         F: FnMut(&Row<'_, '_>) -> result::Result<T, E>,
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Into<RawStatement> for Statement<'conn> {
+impl Into<RawStatement> for Statement<'_> {
     fn into(mut self) -> RawStatement {
         let mut stmt = RawStatement::new(ptr::null_mut());
         mem::swap(&mut stmt, &mut self.stmt);
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ impl<'conn> Into<RawStatement> for Statement<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> fmt::Debug for Statement<'conn> {
+impl fmt::Debug for Statement<'_> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         let sql = str::from_utf8(self.stmt.sql().to_bytes());
         f.debug_struct("Statement")
@@ -623,14 +623,14 @@ impl<'conn> fmt::Debug for Statement<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Drop for Statement<'conn> {
+impl Drop for Statement<'_> {
     #[allow(unused_must_use)]
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.finalize_();
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
+impl Statement<'_> {
     pub(crate) fn new(conn: &Connection, stmt: RawStatement) -> Statement<'_> {
         Statement { conn, stmt }
     }
diff --git a/src/transaction.rs b/src/transaction.rs
index 4ee1e82..3c77a1c 100644
--- a/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/transaction.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub struct Savepoint<'conn> {
     committed: bool,
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Transaction<'conn> {
+impl Transaction<'_> {
     /// Begin a new transaction. Cannot be nested; see `savepoint` for nested
     /// transactions.
     /// Even though we don't mutate the connection, we take a `&mut Connection`
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ impl<'conn> Transaction<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Deref for Transaction<'conn> {
+impl Deref for Transaction<'_> {
     type Target = Connection;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Connection {
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ impl<'conn> Deref for Transaction<'conn> {
 }
 
 #[allow(unused_must_use)]
-impl<'conn> Drop for Transaction<'conn> {
+impl Drop for Transaction<'_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.finish_();
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Savepoint<'conn> {
+impl Savepoint<'_> {
     fn with_depth_and_name<T: Into<String>>(
         conn: &Connection,
         depth: u32,
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ impl<'conn> Savepoint<'conn> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'conn> Deref for Savepoint<'conn> {
+impl Deref for Savepoint<'_> {
     type Target = Connection;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Connection {
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ impl<'conn> Deref for Savepoint<'conn> {
 }
 
 #[allow(unused_must_use)]
-impl<'conn> Drop for Savepoint<'conn> {
+impl Drop for Savepoint<'_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.finish_();
     }
diff --git a/src/types/to_sql.rs b/src/types/to_sql.rs
index c2ae0cd..0d9a21d 100644
--- a/src/types/to_sql.rs
+++ b/src/types/to_sql.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ where
 // be converted into Values.
 macro_rules! from_value(
     ($t:ty) => (
-        impl<'a> From<$t> for ToSqlOutput<'a> {
+        impl From<$t> for ToSqlOutput<'_> {
             fn from(t: $t) -> Self { ToSqlOutput::Owned(t.into())}
         }
     )
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ from_value!(Vec<u8>);
 #[cfg(feature = "i128_blob")]
 from_value!(i128);
 
-impl<'a> ToSql for ToSqlOutput<'a> {
+impl ToSql for ToSqlOutput<'_> {
     fn to_sql(&self) -> Result<ToSqlOutput<'_>> {
         Ok(match *self {
             ToSqlOutput::Borrowed(v) => ToSqlOutput::Borrowed(v),
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ to_sql_self!(f64);
 #[cfg(feature = "i128_blob")]
 to_sql_self!(i128);
 
-impl<'a, T: ?Sized> ToSql for &'a T
+impl<T: ?Sized> ToSql for &'_ T
 where
     T: ToSql,
 {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ impl<T: ToSql> ToSql for Option<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> ToSql for Cow<'a, str> {
+impl ToSql for Cow<'_, str> {
     fn to_sql(&self) -> Result<ToSqlOutput<'_>> {
         Ok(ToSqlOutput::from(self.as_ref()))
     }
diff --git a/src/types/value_ref.rs b/src/types/value_ref.rs
index a701256..bca8df8 100644
--- a/src/types/value_ref.rs
+++ b/src/types/value_ref.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub enum ValueRef<'a> {
     Blob(&'a [u8]),
 }
 
-impl<'a> ValueRef<'a> {
+impl ValueRef<'_> {
     pub fn data_type(&self) -> Type {
         match *self {
             ValueRef::Null => Type::Null,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl<'a> ValueRef<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> From<ValueRef<'a>> for Value {
+impl From<ValueRef<'_>> for Value {
     fn from(borrowed: ValueRef<'_>) -> Value {
         match borrowed {
             ValueRef::Null => Value::Null,
diff --git a/src/vtab/mod.rs b/src/vtab/mod.rs
index e58616f..cf3bee5 100644
--- a/src/vtab/mod.rs
+++ b/src/vtab/mod.rs
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for IndexConstraintIter<'a> {
 /// WHERE clause constraint
 pub struct IndexConstraint<'a>(&'a ffi::sqlite3_index_constraint);
 
-impl<'a> IndexConstraint<'a> {
+impl IndexConstraint<'_> {
     /// Column constrained.  -1 for ROWID
     pub fn column(&self) -> c_int {
         self.0.iColumn
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ impl<'a> IndexConstraint<'a> {
 /// Information about what parameters to pass to `VTabCursor.filter`.
 pub struct IndexConstraintUsage<'a>(&'a mut ffi::sqlite3_index_constraint_usage);
 
-impl<'a> IndexConstraintUsage<'a> {
+impl IndexConstraintUsage<'_> {
     /// if `argv_index` > 0, constraint is part of argv to `VTabCursor.filter`
     pub fn set_argv_index(&mut self, argv_index: c_int) {
         self.0.argvIndex = argv_index;
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for OrderByIter<'a> {
 /// A column of the ORDER BY clause.
 pub struct OrderBy<'a>(&'a ffi::sqlite3_index_info_sqlite3_index_orderby);
 
-impl<'a> OrderBy<'a> {
+impl OrderBy<'_> {
     /// Column number
     pub fn column(&self) -> c_int {
         self.0.iColumn
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ pub struct Values<'a> {
     args: &'a [*mut ffi::sqlite3_value],
 }
 
-impl<'a> Values<'a> {
+impl Values<'_> {
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.args.len()
     }