diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7b9b2e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+name: Setup Rust Builder
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set up rust tools
+      uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+      with:
+        toolchain: 1.79.0
+        components: clippy
+        cache-directories: |
+          ./.build
+          /tmp/cargo
+    - name: Run sccache
+      uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4046715d..3d763c61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Fetch tags
         run: git fetch --tags
-      - name: Run sccache
-        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.3
+      - name: Setup Builder
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
       - name: Build
         run: EXTRA_BUILD_ARTIFACTS= make build
       - name: Login to Quay.io
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index f5447d68..7e496013 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Run sccache
-        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.3
+      - name: Setup Builder
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
       - name: Build skctl
         run: make skctl
       - name: Check version
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo and build scripts
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Run sccache
-        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.3
+      - name: Setup Builder
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
       - name: Build
         run: make build
       - name: Regenerate CRDs
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo and build scripts
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Run sccache
-        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.3
+      - name: Setup Builder
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
       - name: rustfmt nightly
         run: |
           rustup toolchain install nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo and build scripts
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Run sccache
-        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.3
+      - name: Setup Builder
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
       - name: Install grcov
         run: |
           curl -LO https://github.com/mozilla/grcov/releases/download/v0.8.18/grcov-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       - test
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo and build scripts
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Download coverage
diff --git a/sk-store/src/store.rs b/sk-store/src/store.rs
index a0409883..1ccba3b8 100644
--- a/sk-store/src/store.rs
+++ b/sk-store/src/store.rs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ impl TraceStorable for TraceStore {
                 // of data that are unique to each pod that won't materially impact the behaviour?
                 // This does occur for example with coredns's volume mounts.  We may need to filter
                 // more things out from this and/or allow users to specify what is filtered out.
-                let hash = jsonutils::hash(&serde_json::to_value(&pod.stable_spec()?)?);
+                let hash = jsonutils::hash(&serde_json::to_value(pod.stable_spec()?)?);
                 self.pod_owners
                     .store_new_pod_lifecycle(ns_name, &owner_gvk, &owner_ns_name, hash, lifecycle_data);
                 break;