diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index 9263a0e..cacbb27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ## `cargo clippy` lint testing
           unset fault
-          CLIPPY_FLAGS="-W clippy::default_trait_access -W clippy::manual_string_new -W clippy::cognitive_complexity -W clippy::implicit_clone -W clippy::range-plus-one -W clippy::redundant-clone -W clippy::match_bool -W clippy::semicolon_if_nothing_returned"
           fault_type="${{ steps.vars.outputs.FAULT_TYPE }}"
           fault_prefix=$(echo "$fault_type" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
           # * convert any warnings to GHA UI annotations; ref: <https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-a-warning-message>
-          S=$(cargo clippy --all-targets --workspace -psed -- ${CLIPPY_FLAGS} -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::${fault_type} file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::${fault_prefix}: \`cargo clippy\`: \1 (file:'\2', line:\3)/p;" -e '}' ; fault=true ; }
+          S=$(cargo clippy --all-targets --workspace -psed -- -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::${fault_type} file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::${fault_prefix}: \`cargo clippy\`: \1 (file:'\2', line:\3)/p;" -e '}' ; fault=true ; }
           if [ -n "${{ steps.vars.outputs.FAIL_ON_FAULT }}" ] && [ -n "$fault" ]; then exit 1 ; fi
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 57ce62a..a80bb73 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -128,3 +128,13 @@ strip = true
 [profile.dist]
 inherits = "release"
 lto = "thin"
+
+[lints.clippy]
+default_trait_access = "warn"
+manual_string_new = "warn"
+cognitive_complexity = "warn"
+implicit_clone = "warn"
+range-plus-one = "warn"
+redundant-clone = "warn"
+match_bool = "warn"
+semicolon_if_nothing_returned = "warn"