diff --git a/glide-core/src/client/mod.rs b/glide-core/src/client/mod.rs
index 645bef1118..2bb899ce5f 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 mod types;
 
 use crate::scripts_container::get_script;
diff --git a/glide-core/src/client/reconnecting_connection.rs b/glide-core/src/client/reconnecting_connection.rs
index c039d347bd..c50c9f9201 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/client/reconnecting_connection.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/client/reconnecting_connection.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use super::{NodeAddress, TlsMode};
 use crate::retry_strategies::RetryStrategy;
 use futures_intrusive::sync::ManualResetEvent;
diff --git a/glide-core/src/client/standalone_client.rs b/glide-core/src/client/standalone_client.rs
index 79246a7b76..ee79d3e529 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/client/standalone_client.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/client/standalone_client.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use super::get_redis_connection_info;
 use super::reconnecting_connection::ReconnectingConnection;
 use super::{ConnectionRequest, NodeAddress, TlsMode};
diff --git a/glide-core/src/client/types.rs b/glide-core/src/client/types.rs
index f942f64174..95ee04448d 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/client/types.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/client/types.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "socket-layer")]
diff --git a/glide-core/src/client/value_conversion.rs b/glide-core/src/client/value_conversion.rs
index 84a6626efa..082feff151 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/client/value_conversion.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/client/value_conversion.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use redis::{
     cluster_routing::Routable, from_owned_redis_value, Cmd, ErrorKind, RedisResult, Value,
 };
diff --git a/glide-core/src/errors.rs b/glide-core/src/errors.rs
index 1c05aad84b..d277e4488b 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/errors.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/errors.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use redis::RedisError;
 
 #[repr(C)]
diff --git a/glide-core/src/request_type.rs b/glide-core/src/request_type.rs
index 51896c2743..05ae9d31e2 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/request_type.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/request_type.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use redis::{cmd, Cmd};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "socket-layer")]
diff --git a/glide-core/src/retry_strategies.rs b/glide-core/src/retry_strategies.rs
index 4dd5d7edb7..c0410f6bc1 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/retry_strategies.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/retry_strategies.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use crate::client::ConnectionRetryStrategy;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio_retry::strategy::{jitter, ExponentialBackoff};
diff --git a/glide-core/src/rotating_buffer.rs b/glide-core/src/rotating_buffer.rs
index bbc736162e..5e25a4ddf2 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/rotating_buffer.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/rotating_buffer.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use bytes::BytesMut;
 use integer_encoding::VarInt;
 use logger_core::log_error;
diff --git a/glide-core/src/scripts_container.rs b/glide-core/src/scripts_container.rs
index 251a69e5c3..d3411d1a40 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/scripts_container.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/scripts_container.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use arcstr::ArcStr;
 use logger_core::log_info;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
diff --git a/glide-core/src/socket_listener.rs b/glide-core/src/socket_listener.rs
index fc72b49a46..4c6eeeaef4 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/socket_listener.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/socket_listener.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use super::rotating_buffer::RotatingBuffer;
 use crate::client::Client;
 use crate::connection_request::ConnectionRequest;
diff --git a/java/src/lib.rs b/java/src/lib.rs
index eb81b165f1..3516358b44 100644
--- a/java/src/lib.rs
+++ b/java/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+
 use glide_core::start_socket_listener;
 
 use jni::objects::{JClass, JObject, JObjectArray, JString, JThrowable};
@@ -95,8 +98,13 @@ fn redis_value_to_java<'local>(env: &mut JNIEnv<'local>, val: Value) -> JObject<
     }
 }
 
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// * `pointer` must point to a valid `Value` obtained from a [protobuf response](https://github.com/aws/glide-for-redis/blob/main/glide-core/src/protobuf/response.proto).
 #[no_mangle]
-pub extern "system" fn Java_glide_ffi_resolvers_RedisValueResolver_valueFromPointer<'local>(
+pub unsafe extern "system" fn Java_glide_ffi_resolvers_RedisValueResolver_valueFromPointer<
+    'local,
+>(
     mut env: JNIEnv<'local>,
     _class: JClass<'local>,
     pointer: jlong,