diff --git a/contracts/access/IAccessControl.sol b/contracts/access/IAccessControl.sol
index dbcd3957bf8..67ea537ed8d 100644
--- a/contracts/access/IAccessControl.sol
+++ b/contracts/access/IAccessControl.sol
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ interface IAccessControl {
     /**
      * @dev Emitted when `account` is granted `role`.
      *
-     * `sender` is the account that originated the contract call, an admin role
-     * bearer except when using {AccessControl-_setupRole}.
+     * `sender` is the account that originated the contract call. This account bears the admin role (for the granted role).
+     * Expected in cases where the role was granted using the internal {AccessControl-_grantRole}.
      */
     event RoleGranted(bytes32 indexed role, address indexed account, address indexed sender);
 
diff --git a/contracts/governance/Governor.sol b/contracts/governance/Governor.sol
index 830c9d83c1d..3edc71a4069 100644
--- a/contracts/governance/Governor.sol
+++ b/contracts/governance/Governor.sol
@@ -286,10 +286,12 @@ abstract contract Governor is Context, ERC165, EIP712, Nonces, IGovernor, IERC72
         }
 
         // check proposal threshold
-        uint256 proposerVotes = getVotes(proposer, clock() - 1);
         uint256 votesThreshold = proposalThreshold();
-        if (proposerVotes < votesThreshold) {
-            revert GovernorInsufficientProposerVotes(proposer, proposerVotes, votesThreshold);
+        if (votesThreshold > 0) {
+            uint256 proposerVotes = getVotes(proposer, clock() - 1);
+            if (proposerVotes < votesThreshold) {
+                revert GovernorInsufficientProposerVotes(proposer, proposerVotes, votesThreshold);
+            }
         }
 
         return _propose(targets, values, calldatas, description, proposer);
diff --git a/contracts/proxy/Clones.sol b/contracts/proxy/Clones.sol
index d49c0ab1bf2..1cfdc40494c 100644
--- a/contracts/proxy/Clones.sol
+++ b/contracts/proxy/Clones.sol
@@ -39,12 +39,13 @@ library Clones {
         }
         /// @solidity memory-safe-assembly
         assembly {
-            // Cleans the upper 96 bits of the `implementation` word, then packs the first 3 bytes
-            // of the `implementation` address with the bytecode before the address.
-            mstore(0x00, or(shr(0xe8, shl(0x60, implementation)), 0x3d602d80600a3d3981f3363d3d373d3d3d363d73000000))
-            // Packs the remaining 17 bytes of `implementation` with the bytecode after the address.
-            mstore(0x20, or(shl(0x78, implementation), 0x5af43d82803e903d91602b57fd5bf3))
-            instance := create(value, 0x09, 0x37)
+            // Stores the bytecode after address
+            mstore(0x20, 0x5af43d82803e903d91602b57fd5bf3)
+            // implementation address
+            mstore(0x11, implementation)
+            // Packs the first 3 bytes of the `implementation` address with the bytecode before the address.
+            mstore(0x00, or(shr(0x88, implementation), 0x3d602d80600a3d3981f3363d3d373d3d3d363d73000000))
+            instance := create(0, 0x09, 0x37)
         }
         if (instance == address(0)) {
             revert Errors.FailedDeployment();
@@ -79,12 +80,13 @@ library Clones {
         }
         /// @solidity memory-safe-assembly
         assembly {
-            // Cleans the upper 96 bits of the `implementation` word, then packs the first 3 bytes
-            // of the `implementation` address with the bytecode before the address.
-            mstore(0x00, or(shr(0xe8, shl(0x60, implementation)), 0x3d602d80600a3d3981f3363d3d373d3d3d363d73000000))
-            // Packs the remaining 17 bytes of `implementation` with the bytecode after the address.
-            mstore(0x20, or(shl(0x78, implementation), 0x5af43d82803e903d91602b57fd5bf3))
-            instance := create2(value, 0x09, 0x37, salt)
+            // Stores the bytecode after address
+            mstore(0x20, 0x5af43d82803e903d91602b57fd5bf3)
+            // implementation address
+            mstore(0x11, implementation)
+            // Packs the first 3 bytes of the `implementation` address with the bytecode before the address.
+            mstore(0x00, or(shr(0x88, implementation), 0x3d602d80600a3d3981f3363d3d373d3d3d363d73000000))
+            instance := create2(0, 0x09, 0x37, salt)
         }
         if (instance == address(0)) {
             revert Errors.FailedDeployment();