diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index 6c0c9246042b4..dcc27daed3887 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ load('ext://helm_resource', 'helm_resource', 'helm_repo')
 docker_build(
     ref='timberio/vector',
     context='.',
-    build_args={'RUST_VERSION': '1.70.0'},
+    build_args={'RUST_VERSION': '1.71.0'},
     dockerfile='tilt/Dockerfile'
     )
 
diff --git a/lib/codecs/src/decoding/format/native.rs b/lib/codecs/src/decoding/format/native.rs
index 1f47414e103f5..5258e96e6f282 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/src/decoding/format/native.rs
+++ b/lib/codecs/src/decoding/format/native.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub struct NativeDeserializerConfig;
 impl NativeDeserializerConfig {
     /// Build the `NativeDeserializer` from this configuration.
     pub fn build(&self) -> NativeDeserializer {
-        NativeDeserializer::default()
+        NativeDeserializer
     }
 
     /// Return the type of event build by this deserializer.
diff --git a/lib/vector-common/src/finalizer.rs b/lib/vector-common/src/finalizer.rs
index 15bc52ab3510d..9af4237a6a341 100644
--- a/lib/vector-common/src/finalizer.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-common/src/finalizer.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ where
             Self {
                 sender: Some(todo_tx),
                 flush: flush1,
-                _phantom: PhantomData::default(),
+                _phantom: PhantomData,
             },
             finalizer_stream(shutdown, todo_rx, S::default(), flush2).boxed(),
         )
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub struct EmptyStream<T>(PhantomData<T>);
 
 impl<T> Default for EmptyStream<T> {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Self(PhantomData::default())
+        Self(PhantomData)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/vector-config/src/schema/visitors/human_name.rs b/lib/vector-config/src/schema/visitors/human_name.rs
index dc2fb7e57cca9..4b9b2330d5ed2 100644
--- a/lib/vector-config/src/schema/visitors/human_name.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-config/src/schema/visitors/human_name.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }));
 
-        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor::default();
+        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor;
         visitor.visit_root_schema(&mut actual_schema);
 
         assert_schemas_eq(expected_schema, actual_schema);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }));
 
-        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor::default();
+        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor;
         visitor.visit_root_schema(&mut actual_schema);
 
         assert_schemas_eq(expected_schema, actual_schema);
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }));
 
-        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor::default();
+        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor;
         visitor.visit_root_schema(&mut actual_schema);
 
         assert_schemas_eq(expected_schema, actual_schema);
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }));
 
-        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor::default();
+        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor;
         visitor.visit_root_schema(&mut actual_schema);
 
         assert_schemas_eq(expected_schema, actual_schema);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let expected_schema = actual_schema.clone();
 
-        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor::default();
+        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor;
         visitor.visit_root_schema(&mut actual_schema);
 
         assert_schemas_eq(expected_schema, actual_schema);
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let expected_schema = actual_schema.clone();
 
-        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor::default();
+        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor;
         visitor.visit_root_schema(&mut actual_schema);
 
         assert_schemas_eq(expected_schema, actual_schema);
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }));
 
-        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor::default();
+        let mut visitor = GenerateHumanFriendlyNameVisitor;
         visitor.visit_root_schema(&mut actual_schema);
 
         assert_schemas_eq(expected_schema, actual_schema);
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/src/tls/incoming.rs b/lib/vector-core/src/tls/incoming.rs
index 5d2fd1cdbbae2..7992f2c2b1014 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/src/tls/incoming.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-core/src/tls/incoming.rs
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ impl MaybeTlsIncomingStream<TcpStream> {
     where
         F: FnOnce(Pin<&mut MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>, &mut Context) -> Poll<io::Result<T>>,
     {
-        let mut this = self.get_mut();
+        let this = self.get_mut();
         loop {
             return match &mut this.state {
                 StreamState::Accepted(stream) => poll_fn(Pin::new(stream), cx),
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ impl AsyncWrite for MaybeTlsIncomingStream<TcpStream> {
     }
 
     fn poll_shutdown(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
-        let mut this = self.get_mut();
+        let this = self.get_mut();
         match &mut this.state {
             StreamState::Accepted(stream) => match Pin::new(stream).poll_shutdown(cx) {
                 Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/src/transform/mod.rs b/lib/vector-core/src/transform/mod.rs
index af81c51aa69a1..b098837f49677 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/src/transform/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/vector-core/src/transform/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::{
     schema, ByteSizeOf,
 };
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "lua"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "lua")]
 pub mod runtime_transform;
 
 /// Transforms come in two variants. Functions, or tasks.
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 008def46a7a20..67054f135b8c8 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.70.0"
+channel = "1.71.0"
 profile = "default"
diff --git a/src/conditions/datadog_search.rs b/src/conditions/datadog_search.rs
index 27dcdfa57348a..2e2e0e88f1344 100644
--- a/src/conditions/datadog_search.rs
+++ b/src/conditions/datadog_search.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl Conditional for DatadogSearchRunner {
 impl ConditionalConfig for DatadogSearchConfig {
     fn build(&self, _enrichment_tables: &enrichment::TableRegistry) -> crate::Result<Condition> {
         let node = parse(&self.source)?;
-        let matcher = as_log(build_matcher(&node, &EventFilter::default()));
+        let matcher = as_log(build_matcher(&node, &EventFilter));
 
         Ok(Condition::DatadogSearch(DatadogSearchRunner { matcher }))
     }
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     /// Parse each Datadog Search Syntax query and check that it passes/fails.
     fn event_filter() {
-        test_filter(EventFilter::default(), |ev| ev.into_log())
+        test_filter(EventFilter, |ev| ev.into_log())
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/config/watcher.rs b/src/config/watcher.rs
index 1616a8670969d..bff6fbe7965fe 100644
--- a/src/config/watcher.rs
+++ b/src/config/watcher.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub fn spawn_thread<'a>(
                     debug!(message = "Configuration file change detected.", event = ?event);
 
                     // Consume events until delay amount of time has passed since the latest event.
-                    while let Ok(..) = receiver.recv_timeout(delay) {}
+                    while receiver.recv_timeout(delay).is_ok() {}
 
                     debug!(message = "Consumed file change events for delay.", delay = ?delay);
 
diff --git a/src/sinks/clickhouse/sink.rs b/src/sinks/clickhouse/sink.rs
index 44013b85b2e6e..df2261f1d6738 100644
--- a/src/sinks/clickhouse/sink.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/clickhouse/sink.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl ClickhouseSink {
             encoding: (
                 transformer,
                 Encoder::<Framer>::new(
-                    NewlineDelimitedEncoderConfig::default().build().into(),
+                    NewlineDelimitedEncoderConfig.build().into(),
                     JsonSerializerConfig::default().build().into(),
                 ),
             ),
diff --git a/src/sinks/datadog/logs/sink.rs b/src/sinks/datadog/logs/sink.rs
index ca1bb60e8de7a..95841fcbbff79 100644
--- a/src/sinks/datadog/logs/sink.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/datadog/logs/sink.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ where
     async fn run_inner(self: Box<Self>, input: BoxStream<'_, Event>) -> Result<(), ()> {
         let default_api_key = Arc::clone(&self.default_api_key);
 
-        let partitioner = EventPartitioner::default();
+        let partitioner = EventPartitioner;
 
         let builder_limit = NonZeroUsize::new(64);
         let input = input.batched_partitioned(partitioner, self.batch_settings);
diff --git a/src/sinks/datadog/metrics/normalizer.rs b/src/sinks/datadog/metrics/normalizer.rs
index 37ecb29198054..d4e6430250e1c 100644
--- a/src/sinks/datadog/metrics/normalizer.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/datadog/metrics/normalizer.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn run_comparisons(inputs: Vec<Metric>, expected_outputs: Vec<Option<Metric>>) {
         let mut metric_set = MetricSet::default();
-        let mut normalizer = DatadogMetricsNormalizer::default();
+        let mut normalizer = DatadogMetricsNormalizer;
 
         for (input, expected) in inputs.into_iter().zip(expected_outputs) {
             let result = normalizer.normalize(&mut metric_set, input);
diff --git a/src/sinks/greptimedb/service.rs b/src/sinks/greptimedb/service.rs
index 2aab611af669e..6f8278b55d598 100644
--- a/src/sinks/greptimedb/service.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/greptimedb/service.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl GreptimeDBRequest {
         let mut finalizers = EventFinalizers::default();
         let mut request_metadata_builder = RequestMetadataBuilder::default();
 
-        let sizer = GreptimeDBBatchSizer::default();
+        let sizer = GreptimeDBBatchSizer;
         let mut estimated_request_size = 0;
         for mut metric in metrics.into_iter() {
             finalizers.merge(metric.take_finalizers());
diff --git a/src/sinks/greptimedb/sink.rs b/src/sinks/greptimedb/sink.rs
index 2b28e50755248..fc8e75140708d 100644
--- a/src/sinks/greptimedb/sink.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/greptimedb/sink.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl GreptimeDBSink {
             .normalized_with_default::<GreptimeDBMetricNormalize>()
             .batched(
                 self.batch_settings
-                    .into_item_size_config(GreptimeDBBatchSizer::default()),
+                    .into_item_size_config(GreptimeDBBatchSizer),
             )
             .map(GreptimeDBRequest::from_metrics)
             .into_driver(self.service)
diff --git a/src/sinks/loki/sink.rs b/src/sinks/loki/sink.rs
index 74e133887b6b4..fd6aa01bac23d 100644
--- a/src/sinks/loki/sink.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/loki/sink.rs
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ impl LokiSink {
             .map(|event| encoder.encode_event(event))
             .filter_map(|event| async { event })
             .map(|record| filter.filter_record(record))
-            .batched_partitioned(RecordPartitioner::default(), self.batch_settings)
+            .batched_partitioned(RecordPartitioner, self.batch_settings)
             .filter_map(|(partition, batch)| async {
                 if let Some(partition) = partition {
                     let mut count: usize = 0;
diff --git a/src/sinks/mod.rs b/src/sinks/mod.rs
index 960e60a3fdd9c..d349167f24f06 100644
--- a/src/sinks/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/mod.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub mod elasticsearch;
 pub mod file;
 #[cfg(feature = "sinks-gcp")]
 pub mod gcp;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "sinks-gcp"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "sinks-gcp")]
 pub mod gcs_common;
 #[cfg(feature = "sinks-greptimedb")]
 pub mod greptimedb;
diff --git a/src/sinks/splunk_hec/metrics/sink.rs b/src/sinks/splunk_hec/metrics/sink.rs
index 629edceed45cf..f41e397a7acac 100644
--- a/src/sinks/splunk_hec/metrics/sink.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/splunk_hec/metrics/sink.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ where
                     default_namespace,
                 ))
             })
-            .batched_partitioned(EventPartitioner::default(), self.batch_settings)
+            .batched_partitioned(EventPartitioner, self.batch_settings)
             .request_builder(builder_limit, self.request_builder)
             .filter_map(|request| async move {
                 match request {
diff --git a/src/sinks/statsd/normalizer.rs b/src/sinks/statsd/normalizer.rs
index fc8a9656a636d..e497d074dfb16 100644
--- a/src/sinks/statsd/normalizer.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/statsd/normalizer.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn run_comparisons(inputs: Vec<Metric>, expected_outputs: Vec<Option<Metric>>) {
         let mut metric_set = MetricSet::default();
-        let mut normalizer = StatsdNormalizer::default();
+        let mut normalizer = StatsdNormalizer;
 
         for (input, expected) in inputs.into_iter().zip(expected_outputs) {
             let result = normalizer.normalize(&mut metric_set, input);
diff --git a/src/sinks/statsd/sink.rs b/src/sinks/statsd/sink.rs
index b17097147bed2..a9f0bdf44a9e2 100644
--- a/src/sinks/statsd/sink.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/statsd/sink.rs
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ where
             // other metric types in type-specific ways i.e. incremental gauge updates use a
             // different syntax, etc.
             .normalized_with_default::<StatsdNormalizer>()
-            .batched(
-                self.batch_settings
-                    .into_item_size_config(StatsdBatchSizer::default()),
-            )
+            .batched(self.batch_settings.into_item_size_config(StatsdBatchSizer))
             // We build our requests "incrementally", which means that for a single batch of
             // metrics, we might generate N requests to represent all of the metrics in the batch.
             //
diff --git a/src/sources/mod.rs b/src/sources/mod.rs
index 83cd4cedfaa99..b39843357f96b 100644
--- a/src/sources/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub mod aws_kinesis_firehose;
 pub mod aws_s3;
 #[cfg(feature = "sources-aws_sqs")]
 pub mod aws_sqs;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "sources-datadog_agent"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "sources-datadog_agent")]
 pub mod datadog_agent;
 #[cfg(feature = "sources-demo_logs")]
 pub mod demo_logs;
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ pub mod journald;
 pub mod kafka;
 #[cfg(feature = "sources-kubernetes_logs")]
 pub mod kubernetes_logs;
-#[cfg(all(feature = "sources-logstash"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "sources-logstash")]
 pub mod logstash;
 #[cfg(feature = "sources-mongodb_metrics")]
 pub mod mongodb_metrics;
-#[cfg(all(feature = "sources-nats"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "sources-nats")]
 pub mod nats;
 #[cfg(feature = "sources-nginx_metrics")]
 pub mod nginx_metrics;
diff --git a/src/sources/util/grpc/mod.rs b/src/sources/util/grpc/mod.rs
index 2795ed0d2d0fb..68c54c5d2a0d6 100644
--- a/src/sources/util/grpc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/util/grpc/mod.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ where
         // use independent `tower` layers when the request body itself (the body type, not the actual bytes) must be
         // modified or wrapped.. so instead of a cleaner design, we're opting here to bake it all together until the
         // crates are sufficiently flexible for us to craft a better design.
-        .layer(DecompressionAndMetricsLayer::default())
+        .layer(DecompressionAndMetricsLayer)
         .add_service(service)
         .serve_with_incoming_shutdown(stream, shutdown.map(|token| tx.send(token).unwrap()))
         .in_current_span()
diff --git a/src/sources/util/mod.rs b/src/sources/util/mod.rs
index 51b4e4cd15ceb..e7b5706c22d2f 100644
--- a/src/sources/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sources/util/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
-#[cfg(any(feature = "sources-http_server"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "sources-http_server")]
 mod body_decoding;
 mod encoding_config;
 #[cfg(all(unix, feature = "sources-dnstap"))]
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub use unix_datagram::build_unix_datagram_source;
 pub use unix_stream::build_unix_stream_source;
 pub use wrappers::{AfterRead, AfterReadExt};
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "sources-http_server"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "sources-http_server")]
 pub use self::body_decoding::Encoding;
 #[cfg(feature = "sources-utils-http-query")]
 pub use self::http::add_query_parameters;