diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 325fb6655..38bd71e55 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ raft = []
 [lints.clippy]
 clone_on_ref_ptr = "warn"
 cloned_instead_of_copied = "warn"
+default_trait_access = "warn"
 disallowed_names = "warn"
 manual_let_else = "warn"
 semicolon_if_nothing_returned = "warn"
diff --git a/src/eth/consensus/mod.rs b/src/eth/consensus/mod.rs
index 7096fe18c..d9dcee3cc 100644
--- a/src/eth/consensus/mod.rs
+++ b/src/eth/consensus/mod.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use crate::infra::BlockchainClient;
 use crate::GlobalState;
 
 pub mod append_entry {
-    #![allow(clippy::wildcard_imports)]
+    #![allow(clippy::default_trait_access, clippy::wildcard_imports)]
     tonic::include_proto!("append_entry");
 }
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
diff --git a/src/eth/executor/evm.rs b/src/eth/executor/evm.rs
index a5f062fc3..3a0a765ff 100644
--- a/src/eth/executor/evm.rs
+++ b/src/eth/executor/evm.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::cmp::min;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
@@ -199,17 +200,17 @@ impl RevmSession {
     pub fn new(storage: Arc<StratusStorage>) -> Self {
         Self {
             storage,
-            input: Default::default(),
-            storage_changes: Default::default(),
-            metrics: Default::default(),
+            input: EvmInput::default(),
+            storage_changes: HashMap::default(),
+            metrics: EvmExecutionMetrics::default(),
         }
     }
 
     /// Resets the session to be used with a new transaction.
     pub fn reset(&mut self, input: EvmInput) {
         self.input = input;
-        self.storage_changes = Default::default();
-        self.metrics = Default::default();
+        self.storage_changes = HashMap::default();
+        self.metrics = EvmExecutionMetrics::default();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/eth/primitives/block_header.rs b/src/eth/primitives/block_header.rs
index 033360afb..1ceea9573 100644
--- a/src/eth/primitives/block_header.rs
+++ b/src/eth/primitives/block_header.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use hex_literal::hex;
 use jsonrpsee::SubscriptionMessage;
 
 use crate::alias::EthersBlockVoid;
+use crate::alias::EthersBytes;
 use crate::eth::consensus::append_entry;
 use crate::eth::primitives::logs_bloom::LogsBloom;
 use crate::eth::primitives::Address;
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ impl Dummy<Faker> for BlockHeader {
             hash: faker.fake_with_rng(rng),
             transactions_root: faker.fake_with_rng(rng),
             gas_used: faker.fake_with_rng(rng),
-            bloom: Default::default(),
+            bloom: LogsBloom::default(),
             timestamp: faker.fake_with_rng(rng),
             parent_hash: faker.fake_with_rng(rng),
             gas_limit: faker.fake_with_rng(rng),
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ where
             // block: identifiers
             hash: Some(header.hash.into()),
             number: Some(header.number.into()),
-            mix_hash: Some(Default::default()),
+            mix_hash: Some(H256::default()),
 
             // block: relation with other blocks
             uncles_hash: HASH_EMPTY_UNCLES.into(),
@@ -194,9 +195,9 @@ where
             // data
             size: Some(u64::from(header.size).into()),
             logs_bloom: Some(*header.bloom),
-            extra_data: Default::default(),
+            extra_data: EthersBytes::default(),
             state_root: header.state_root.into(),
-            seal_fields: Default::default(),
+            seal_fields: Vec::default(),
             other: OtherFields::default(),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/eth/storage/inmemory/inmemory_permanent.rs b/src/eth/storage/inmemory/inmemory_permanent.rs
index 9dacc303b..e78d80314 100644
--- a/src/eth/storage/inmemory/inmemory_permanent.rs
+++ b/src/eth/storage/inmemory/inmemory_permanent.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl Default for InMemoryPermanentStorage {
         tracing::info!("creating inmemory permanent storage");
         Self {
             state: RwLock::new(InMemoryPermanentStorageState::default()),
-            block_number: Default::default(),
+            block_number: AtomicU64::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ impl PermanentStorage for InMemoryPermanentStorage {
 
     fn read_slot(&self, address: &Address, index: &SlotIndex, point_in_time: &StoragePointInTime) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Slot>> {
         let state = self.lock_read();
+
         let Some(account) = state.accounts.get(address) else {
-            return Ok(Default::default());
+            return Ok(None);
         };
 
         match account.slots.get(index) {
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ impl InMemoryPermanentAccount {
             nonce: InMemoryHistory::new_at_zero(Nonce::ZERO),
             bytecode: InMemoryHistory::new_at_zero(None),
             code_hash: InMemoryHistory::new_at_zero(CodeHash::default()),
-            slots: Default::default(),
+            slots: HashMap::default(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/eth/storage/inmemory/inmemory_temporary.rs b/src/eth/storage/inmemory/inmemory_temporary.rs
index 0f20b8f6d..d7b3a5d6b 100644
--- a/src/eth/storage/inmemory/inmemory_temporary.rs
+++ b/src/eth/storage/inmemory/inmemory_temporary.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl InMemoryTemporaryAccount {
     fn new(address: Address) -> Self {
         Self {
             info: Account::new_empty(address),
-            slots: Default::default(),
+            slots: HashMap::default(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/eth/storage/rocks/rocks_state.rs b/src/eth/storage/rocks/rocks_state.rs
index 330ad06a6..ffd619990 100644
--- a/src/eth/storage/rocks/rocks_state.rs
+++ b/src/eth/storage/rocks/rocks_state.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl RocksStorageState {
             blocks_by_hash: new_cf_ref(&db, "blocks_by_hash")?,
             logs: new_cf_ref(&db, "logs")?,
             #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-            prev_stats: Default::default(),
+            prev_stats: Mutex::default(),
             #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
             db_options,
             db,