diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 247421c730..36bfe742d5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ os: linux
 # https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/caching#clearing-caches
 language: rust
 rust:
-  - 1.44.1
+  - 1.47.0
 cache:
   cargo: true
   directories:
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ install:
   - rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
   - sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/g++ /bin/musl-g++
   - rustup component add rustfmt
-  - make -C ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/src/agent
-  - make -C ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/src/agent check
-  - sudo -E PATH=$PATH make -C ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/src/agent check
+  - rustup component add clippy
+  - make -C ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/src/agent clippy
+  - "ci/static-checks.sh"
 
 before_script:
   - "ci/install_go.sh"
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ before_script:
   - sudo -E PATH=$PATH GOPATH=$GOPATH make -C ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/src/runtime test
 
 script:
-  - "ci/static-checks.sh"
+  - make -C ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/src/agent
+  - make -C ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/src/agent check
+  - sudo -E PATH=$PATH make -C ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/src/agent check
 
 jobs:
   include:
diff --git a/src/agent/Makefile b/src/agent/Makefile
index 6a5e7aef2c..92fbcdf020 100644
--- a/src/agent/Makefile
+++ b/src/agent/Makefile
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ optimize: $(SOURCES) | show-summary show-header
 show-header:
 	@printf "%s - version %s (commit %s)\n\n" "$(TARGET)" "$(VERSION)" "$(COMMIT_MSG)"
 
+clippy: $(GENERATED_CODE)
+	cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features --release \
+		-- \
+		-Aclippy::redundant_allocation \
+		-D warnings
+
 $(GENERATED_FILES): %: %.in
 	@sed $(foreach r,$(GENERATED_REPLACEMENTS),-e 's|@$r@|$($r)|g') "$<" > "$@"
 
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index f9ba333f0a..8a469c16d9 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ languages:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when
         building Kata
-      newest-version: "1.44.1"
+      newest-version: "1.47.0"
 
 specs:
   description: "Details of important specifications"