diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 7ef1dd7c..c6d15906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04]
         rust_toolchain: [stable, beta]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index f527046b..1e1c9246 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-13, macos-14]
+        os: [macos-14, macos-15, macos-26]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index f1770f37..eb7ea25b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [windows-2019, windows-2022]
+        os: [windows-2022, windows-2025]
         env:
         - TARGET: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
         - TARGET: i686-pc-windows-msvc
diff --git a/libssh2-sys/build.rs b/libssh2-sys/build.rs
index c4425ee3..9ee862fe 100644
--- a/libssh2-sys/build.rs
+++ b/libssh2-sys/build.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ fn main() {
             };
             println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static={lib_prefix}ssl");
             println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static={lib_prefix}crypto");
+            println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=advapi32");
         } else {
             cfg.define("LIBSSH2_WINCNG", None);
         }
diff --git a/src/channel.rs b/src/channel.rs
index d695586d..ccd2912a 100644
--- a/src/channel.rs
+++ b/src/channel.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl Channel {
         }
     }
 
-    fn lock(&self) -> LockedChannel {
+    fn lock(&self) -> LockedChannel<'_> {
         let sess = self.channel_inner.sess.lock();
         LockedChannel {
             sess,
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ impl Drop for ChannelInner {
 }
 
 impl Stream {
-    fn lock(&self) -> LockedStream {
+    fn lock(&self) -> LockedStream<'_> {
         let sess = self.channel_inner.sess.lock();
         LockedStream {
             sess,
diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index 6775c9ec..70325a0d 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ impl Session {
     }
 
     #[doc(hidden)]
-    pub fn raw(&self) -> MappedMutexGuard<raw::LIBSSH2_SESSION> {
+    pub fn raw(&self) -> MappedMutexGuard<'_, raw::LIBSSH2_SESSION> {
         let inner = self.inner();
         MutexGuard::map(inner, |inner| unsafe { &mut *inner.raw })
     }
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ impl Session {
         }
     }
 
-    fn inner(&self) -> MutexGuard<SessionInner> {
+    fn inner(&self) -> MutexGuard<'_, SessionInner> {
         self.inner.lock()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/sftp.rs b/src/sftp.rs
index 6299cbdf..31184f45 100644
--- a/src/sftp.rs
+++ b/src/sftp.rs
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ impl Sftp {
         })
     }
 
-    fn lock(&self) -> Result<LockedSftp, Error> {
+    fn lock(&self) -> Result<LockedSftp<'_>, Error> {
         match self.inner.as_ref() {
             Some(sftp_inner_drop_wrapper) => {
                 let sftp_inner = sftp_inner_drop_wrapper
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ impl File {
         self.rc(&locked, unsafe { raw::libssh2_sftp_fsync(locked.raw) })
     }
 
-    fn lock(&self) -> Result<LockedFile, Error> {
+    fn lock(&self) -> Result<LockedFile<'_>, Error> {
         match self.inner.as_ref() {
             Some(file_inner) => {
                 let sftp_inner = file_inner.sftp.0.as_ref().expect(
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 258aa59c..2a0adc62 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use {raw, Error, ErrorCode};
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
-pub fn path2bytes(p: &Path) -> Result<Cow<[u8]>, Error> {
+pub fn path2bytes(p: &Path) -> Result<Cow<'_, [u8]>, Error> {
     use std::ffi::OsStr;
     use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
     let s: &OsStr = p.as_ref();
     check(Cow::Borrowed(s.as_bytes()))
 }
 #[cfg(windows)]
-pub fn path2bytes(p: &Path) -> Result<Cow<[u8]>, Error> {
+pub fn path2bytes(p: &Path) -> Result<Cow<'_, [u8]>, Error> {
     p.to_str()
         .map(|s| s.as_bytes())
         .ok_or_else(|| {