diff --git a/crates/packet-forward/src/lib.rs b/crates/packet-forward/src/lib.rs
index 4493201..a983db7 100644
--- a/crates/packet-forward/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/packet-forward/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,32 @@
 
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), no_std)]
 #![cfg_attr(coverage_nightly, feature(coverage_attribute))]
+#![cfg_attr(test, deny(clippy::assertions_on_result_states))]
 #![cfg_attr(
     not(test),
     deny(
         missing_docs,
         rust_2018_idioms,
+        clippy::string_to_string,
+        clippy::std_instead_of_core,
+        clippy::string_add,
+        clippy::str_to_string,
+        clippy::infinite_loop,
+        clippy::unwrap_used,
+        clippy::expect_used,
+        clippy::panic,
+        clippy::cfg_not_test,
+        clippy::as_conversions,
+        clippy::alloc_instead_of_core,
+        clippy::float_arithmetic,
+        clippy::empty_docs,
+        clippy::empty_line_after_doc_comments,
+        clippy::empty_line_after_outer_attr,
+        clippy::suspicious_doc_comments,
+        clippy::redundant_locals,
+        clippy::redundant_comparisons,
+        clippy::out_of_bounds_indexing,
+        clippy::empty_loop,
         clippy::cast_sign_loss,
         clippy::cast_possible_truncation,
         clippy::cast_possible_wrap,
@@ -14,7 +35,11 @@
         clippy::arithmetic_side_effects,
         clippy::dbg_macro,
         clippy::print_stdout,
-        clippy::print_stderr
+        clippy::print_stderr,
+        clippy::shadow_unrelated,
+        clippy::useless_attribute,
+        clippy::zero_repeat_side_effects,
+        clippy::builtin_type_shadow
     )
 )]
 
@@ -886,6 +911,9 @@ where
 #[inline]
 fn new_error_ack(message: impl fmt::Display) -> AcknowledgementStatus {
     AcknowledgementStatus::error(
+        // NB: allow expect here, because this should only fail if
+        // we construct an `AckStatusValue` with an empty message
+        #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
         AckStatusValue::new(format!("{MODULE} error: {message}"))
             .expect("Acknowledgement error must not be empty"),
     )
@@ -969,6 +997,8 @@ fn next_inflight_packet(
         |inflight_packet| {
             let retries_remaining = {
                 NonZeroU8::new(
+                    // NB: we want to panic on purpose here
+                    #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
                     inflight_packet
                         .retries_remaining
                         .expect("We should only hit this branch with at least one retry remaining")