diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9c007b50..27975a83 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "curv-kzen"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = [
     "Omer Shlomovits",
diff --git a/src/arithmetic/samplable.rs b/src/arithmetic/samplable.rs
index 8be7a47c..54c00c94 100644
--- a/src/arithmetic/samplable.rs
+++ b/src/arithmetic/samplable.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl Samplable for BigInt {
         let bytes = (bit_size - 1) / 8 + 1;
         let mut buf: Vec<u8> = vec![0; bytes];
         rng.fill_bytes(&mut buf);
-        BigInt::from_bytes(&*buf) >> (bytes * 8 - bit_size)
+        BigInt::from_bytes(&buf) >> (bytes * 8 - bit_size)
     }
 
     fn strict_sample(bit_size: usize) -> Self {
diff --git a/src/elliptic/curves/p256.rs b/src/elliptic/curves/p256.rs
index 41167045..a720640f 100644
--- a/src/elliptic/curves/p256.rs
+++ b/src/elliptic/curves/p256.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ lazy_static::lazy_static! {
         g[0] = 0x04;
         g[1..33].copy_from_slice(&BASE_POINT2_X);
         g[33..].copy_from_slice(&BASE_POINT2_Y);
-        EncodedPoint::from_bytes(&g).unwrap()
+        EncodedPoint::from_bytes(g).unwrap()
     };
 
     static ref BASE_POINT2: Secp256r1Point = Secp256r1Point {