diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/fs.rs b/src/lune/builtins/fs.rs
index 71fc131..fd2db01 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/fs.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/fs.rs
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ pub fn create(lua: &'static Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
         .build_readonly()
 }
 
-async fn fs_read_file(lua: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<LuaString> {
+async fn fs_read_file(lua: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<LuaString> {
     let bytes = fs::read(&path).await.into_lua_err()?;
     lua.create_string(bytes)
 }
 
-async fn fs_read_dir(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<Vec<String>> {
+async fn fs_read_dir(_: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<Vec<String>> {
     let mut dir_strings = Vec::new();
     let mut dir = fs::read_dir(&path).await.into_lua_err()?;
     while let Some(dir_entry) = dir.next_entry().await.into_lua_err()? {
@@ -59,26 +59,23 @@ async fn fs_read_dir(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<Vec<String>> {
     Ok(dir_strings_no_prefix)
 }
 
-async fn fs_write_file(
-    _: &'static Lua,
-    (path, contents): (String, LuaString<'_>),
-) -> LuaResult<()> {
+async fn fs_write_file(_: &Lua, (path, contents): (String, LuaString<'_>)) -> LuaResult<()> {
     fs::write(&path, &contents.as_bytes()).await.into_lua_err()
 }
 
-async fn fs_write_dir(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<()> {
+async fn fs_write_dir(_: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<()> {
     fs::create_dir_all(&path).await.into_lua_err()
 }
 
-async fn fs_remove_file(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<()> {
+async fn fs_remove_file(_: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<()> {
     fs::remove_file(&path).await.into_lua_err()
 }
 
-async fn fs_remove_dir(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<()> {
+async fn fs_remove_dir(_: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<()> {
     fs::remove_dir_all(&path).await.into_lua_err()
 }
 
-async fn fs_metadata(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<FsMetadata> {
+async fn fs_metadata(_: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<FsMetadata> {
     match fs::metadata(path).await {
         Err(e) if e.kind() == IoErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(FsMetadata::not_found()),
         Ok(meta) => Ok(FsMetadata::from(meta)),
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ async fn fs_metadata(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<FsMetadata> {
     }
 }
 
-async fn fs_is_file(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<bool> {
+async fn fs_is_file(_: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<bool> {
     match fs::metadata(path).await {
         Err(e) if e.kind() == IoErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(false),
         Ok(meta) => Ok(meta.is_file()),
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ async fn fs_is_file(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<bool> {
     }
 }
 
-async fn fs_is_dir(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<bool> {
+async fn fs_is_dir(_: &Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<bool> {
     match fs::metadata(path).await {
         Err(e) if e.kind() == IoErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(false),
         Ok(meta) => Ok(meta.is_dir()),
@@ -102,10 +99,7 @@ async fn fs_is_dir(_: &'static Lua, path: String) -> LuaResult<bool> {
     }
 }
 
-async fn fs_move(
-    _: &'static Lua,
-    (from, to, options): (String, String, FsWriteOptions),
-) -> LuaResult<()> {
+async fn fs_move(_: &Lua, (from, to, options): (String, String, FsWriteOptions)) -> LuaResult<()> {
     let path_from = PathBuf::from(from);
     if !path_from.exists() {
         return Err(LuaError::RuntimeError(format!(
@@ -124,9 +118,6 @@ async fn fs_move(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn fs_copy(
-    _: &'static Lua,
-    (from, to, options): (String, String, FsWriteOptions),
-) -> LuaResult<()> {
+async fn fs_copy(_: &Lua, (from, to, options): (String, String, FsWriteOptions)) -> LuaResult<()> {
     copy(from, to, options).await
 }
diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/luau.rs b/src/lune/builtins/luau.rs
index c80a630..6d0c7e4 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/luau.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/luau.rs
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ fn compile_source<'lua>(
     }
 }
 
-fn load_source<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (source, options): (LuaString<'a>, LuauLoadOptions),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaFunction<'a>> {
+fn load_source<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (source, options): (LuaString<'lua>, LuauLoadOptions),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaFunction<'lua>> {
     lua.load(source.as_bytes())
         .set_name(options.debug_name)
         .into_function()
diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/net.rs b/src/lune/builtins/net.rs
index 8bb7707..0be55b5 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/net.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/net.rs
@@ -47,19 +47,22 @@ fn create_user_agent_header() -> String {
     format!("{github_owner}-{github_repo}-cli")
 }
 
-fn net_json_encode<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (val, pretty): (LuaValue<'a>, Option<bool>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'a>> {
+fn net_json_encode<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (val, pretty): (LuaValue<'lua>, Option<bool>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'lua>> {
     EncodeDecodeConfig::from((EncodeDecodeFormat::Json, pretty.unwrap_or_default()))
         .serialize_to_string(lua, val)
 }
 
-fn net_json_decode<'a>(lua: &'static Lua, json: LuaString<'a>) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'a>> {
+fn net_json_decode<'lua>(lua: &'lua Lua, json: LuaString<'lua>) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'lua>> {
     EncodeDecodeConfig::from(EncodeDecodeFormat::Json).deserialize_from_string(lua, json)
 }
 
-async fn net_request<'a>(lua: &'static Lua, config: RequestConfig<'a>) -> LuaResult<LuaTable<'a>> {
+async fn net_request<'lua>(
+    lua: &'static Lua,
+    config: RequestConfig<'lua>,
+) -> LuaResult<LuaTable<'lua>> {
     // Create and send the request
     let client: LuaUserDataRef<NetClient> = lua.named_registry_value("net.client")?;
     let mut request = client.request(config.method, &config.url);
@@ -119,15 +122,15 @@ async fn net_request<'a>(lua: &'static Lua, config: RequestConfig<'a>) -> LuaRes
         .build_readonly()
 }
 
-async fn net_socket<'a>(lua: &'static Lua, url: String) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
+async fn net_socket<'lua>(lua: &'static Lua, url: String) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
     let (ws, _) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(url).await.into_lua_err()?;
     NetWebSocket::new(ws).into_lua_table(lua)
 }
 
-async fn net_serve<'a>(
+async fn net_serve<'lua>(
     lua: &'static Lua,
-    (port, config): (u16, ServeConfig<'a>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaTable<'a>> {
+    (port, config): (u16, ServeConfig<'lua>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaTable<'lua>> {
     // Note that we need to use a mpsc here and not
     // a oneshot channel since we move the sender
     // into our table with the stop function
@@ -188,10 +191,10 @@ async fn net_serve<'a>(
         .build_readonly()
 }
 
-fn net_url_encode<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (lua_string, as_binary): (LuaString<'a>, Option<bool>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'a>> {
+fn net_url_encode<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (lua_string, as_binary): (LuaString<'lua>, Option<bool>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'lua>> {
     if matches!(as_binary, Some(true)) {
         urlencoding::encode_binary(lua_string.as_bytes()).into_lua(lua)
     } else {
@@ -199,10 +202,10 @@ fn net_url_encode<'a>(
     }
 }
 
-fn net_url_decode<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (lua_string, as_binary): (LuaString<'a>, Option<bool>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'a>> {
+fn net_url_decode<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (lua_string, as_binary): (LuaString<'lua>, Option<bool>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'lua>> {
     if matches!(as_binary, Some(true)) {
         urlencoding::decode_binary(lua_string.as_bytes()).into_lua(lua)
     } else {
diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/process.rs b/src/lune/builtins/process.rs
index b83948c..51e7c6f 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/process.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/process.rs
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ pub fn create(lua: &'static Lua, args_vec: Vec<String>) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
         .build_readonly()
 }
 
-fn process_env_get<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (_, key): (LuaValue<'a>, String),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'a>> {
+fn process_env_get<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (_, key): (LuaValue<'lua>, String),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'lua>> {
     match env::var_os(key) {
         Some(value) => {
             let raw_value = RawOsString::new(value);
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ fn process_env_get<'a>(
     }
 }
 
-fn process_env_set(
-    _: &'static Lua,
-    (_, key, value): (LuaValue, String, Option<String>),
+fn process_env_set<'lua>(
+    _: &'lua Lua,
+    (_, key, value): (LuaValue<'lua>, String, Option<String>),
 ) -> LuaResult<()> {
     // Make sure key is valid, otherwise set_var will panic
     if key.is_empty() {
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ fn process_env_iter<'lua>(
     })
 }
 
-async fn process_spawn<'a>(
+async fn process_spawn<'lua>(
     lua: &'static Lua,
-    (mut program, args, options): (String, Option<Vec<String>>, Option<LuaTable<'a>>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaTable<'a>> {
+    (mut program, args, options): (String, Option<Vec<String>>, Option<LuaTable<'lua>>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaTable<'lua>> {
     // Parse any given options or create defaults
     let (child_cwd, child_envs, child_shell, child_stdio_inherit) = match options {
         Some(options) => {
diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/serde.rs b/src/lune/builtins/serde.rs
index e2bc6e7..5069337 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/serde.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/serde.rs
@@ -16,34 +16,34 @@ pub fn create(lua: &'static Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
         .build_readonly()
 }
 
-fn serde_encode<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (format, val, pretty): (EncodeDecodeFormat, LuaValue<'a>, Option<bool>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'a>> {
+fn serde_encode<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (format, val, pretty): (EncodeDecodeFormat, LuaValue<'lua>, Option<bool>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'lua>> {
     let config = EncodeDecodeConfig::from((format, pretty.unwrap_or_default()));
     config.serialize_to_string(lua, val)
 }
 
-fn serde_decode<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (format, str): (EncodeDecodeFormat, LuaString<'a>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'a>> {
+fn serde_decode<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (format, str): (EncodeDecodeFormat, LuaString<'lua>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'lua>> {
     let config = EncodeDecodeConfig::from(format);
     config.deserialize_from_string(lua, str)
 }
 
-async fn serde_compress<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (format, str): (CompressDecompressFormat, LuaString<'a>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'a>> {
+async fn serde_compress<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (format, str): (CompressDecompressFormat, LuaString<'lua>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'lua>> {
     let bytes = compress(format, str).await?;
     lua.create_string(bytes)
 }
 
-async fn serde_decompress<'a>(
-    lua: &'static Lua,
-    (format, str): (CompressDecompressFormat, LuaString<'a>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'a>> {
+async fn serde_decompress<'lua>(
+    lua: &'lua Lua,
+    (format, str): (CompressDecompressFormat, LuaString<'lua>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'lua>> {
     let bytes = decompress(format, str).await?;
     lua.create_string(bytes)
 }