diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index beaee7a49..cb595851e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "libxml"
 version = "0.3.6"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2024"
 authors = ["Andreas Franzén <andreas@devil.se>", "Deyan Ginev <deyan.ginev@gmail.com>","Jan Frederik Schaefer <j.schaefer@jacobs-university.de>"]
 description = "A Rust wrapper for libxml2 - the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project"
 repository = "https://github.com/KWARC/rust-libxml"
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ pkg-config = "0.3.2"
 pkg-config = "0.3.2"
 
 [build-dependencies.bindgen]
-version = "0.71"
+version = "0.72"
 features = [
     "runtime",
-    "which-rustfmt",
 ]
 default-features = false
 
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index eae493abe..35501ac91 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl StructuredError {
   /// This function copies data from the memory `error_ptr` but does not deallocate
   /// the error. Depending on the context in which this function is used, you may
   /// need to take additional steps to avoid a memory leak.
-  pub unsafe fn from_raw(error_ptr: *const bindings::xmlError) -> Self {
+  pub unsafe fn from_raw(error_ptr: *const bindings::xmlError) -> Self { unsafe {
     let error = *error_ptr;
     let message = StructuredError::ptr_to_string(error.message);
     let level = XmlErrorLevel::from_raw(error.level);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl StructuredError {
       domain: error.domain,
       code: error.code,
     }
-  }
+  }}
 
   /// Human-readable informative error message.
   /// 
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index ed9be5cf1..7dafd88f6 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fn xml_open(filename: &str) -> io::Result<*mut c_void> {
 }
 
 /// Read callback for an FS file.
-unsafe extern "C" fn xml_read(context: *mut c_void, buffer: *mut c_char, len: c_int) -> c_int {
+unsafe extern "C" fn xml_read(context: *mut c_void, buffer: *mut c_char, len: c_int) -> c_int { unsafe {
   // Len is always positive, typically 40-4000 bytes.
   let file = context as *mut fs::File;
   let buf = slice::from_raw_parts_mut(buffer as *mut u8, len as usize);
@@ -178,17 +178,17 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn xml_read(context: *mut c_void, buffer: *mut c_char, len: c_
     Ok(v) => v as c_int,
     Err(_) => -1,
   }
-}
+}}
 
 type XmlReadCallback = unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void, *mut c_char, c_int) -> c_int;
 
 /// Close callback for an FS file.
-unsafe extern "C" fn xml_close(context: *mut c_void) -> c_int {
+unsafe extern "C" fn xml_close(context: *mut c_void) -> c_int { unsafe {
   // Take rust ownership of the context and then drop it.
   let file = context as *mut fs::File;
   let _ = Box::from_raw(file);
   0
-}
+}}
 
 type XmlCloseCallback = unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void) -> c_int;
 
diff --git a/src/tree/document/c14n.rs b/src/tree/document/c14n.rs
index 305825117..e82fc7837 100644
--- a/src/tree/document/c14n.rs
+++ b/src/tree/document/c14n.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl Document {
   }
 }
 
-unsafe fn c_obuf_into_output(c_obuf: xmlOutputBufferPtr) -> String {
+unsafe fn c_obuf_into_output(c_obuf: xmlOutputBufferPtr) -> String { unsafe {
   let ctx_ptr = (*c_obuf).context;
   let output = Box::from_raw(ctx_ptr as *mut String);
 
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ unsafe fn c_obuf_into_output(c_obuf: xmlOutputBufferPtr) -> String {
   xmlOutputBufferClose(c_obuf);
 
   *output
-}
+}}
 
-unsafe fn create_output_buffer() -> xmlOutputBufferPtr {
+unsafe fn create_output_buffer() -> xmlOutputBufferPtr { unsafe {
   let output = String::new();
   let ctx_ptr = Box::into_raw(Box::new(output));
   let encoder = std::ptr::null_mut();
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ unsafe fn create_output_buffer() -> xmlOutputBufferPtr {
   (*buf).context = ctx_ptr as _;
 
   buf
-}
+}}
 
 unsafe extern "C" fn xml_close_io(_context: *mut raw::c_void) -> raw::c_int {
   0
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn xml_write_io(
   io_ptr: *mut raw::c_void,
   buffer: *const raw::c_char,
   len: raw::c_int,
-) -> raw::c_int {
+) -> raw::c_int { unsafe {
   if io_ptr.is_null() {
     0
   } else {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn xml_write_io(
 
     len
   }
-}
+}}
 
 /// Create a [Vec] of null-terminated [*mut xmlChar] strings
 fn to_xml_string_vec(vec: Vec<String>) -> Vec<*mut xmlChar> {
diff --git a/src/tree/node.rs b/src/tree/node.rs
index bd8335a2a..0bda53018 100644
--- a/src/tree/node.rs
+++ b/src/tree/node.rs
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ impl Node {
       Some(child) => {
         let mut current_node = child;
         while !current_node.is_element_node() {
-          if let Some(sibling) = current_node.get_next_sibling() {
+          match current_node.get_next_sibling() { Some(sibling) => {
             current_node = sibling;
-          } else {
+          } _ => {
             break;
-          }
+          }}
         }
         if current_node.is_element_node() {
           Some(current_node)
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@ impl Node {
       Some(child) => {
         let mut current_node = child;
         while !current_node.is_element_node() {
-          if let Some(sibling) = current_node.get_prev_sibling() {
+          match current_node.get_prev_sibling() { Some(sibling) => {
             current_node = sibling;
-          } else {
+          } _ => {
             break;
-          }
+          }}
         }
         if current_node.is_element_node() {
           Some(current_node)
@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ impl Node {
       Some(child) => {
         let mut current_node = child;
         while !current_node.is_element_node() {
-          if let Some(sibling) = current_node.get_next_sibling() {
+          match current_node.get_next_sibling() { Some(sibling) => {
             current_node = sibling;
-          } else {
+          } _ => {
             break;
-          }
+          }}
         }
         if current_node.is_element_node() {
           Some(current_node)
@@ -287,11 +287,11 @@ impl Node {
       Some(child) => {
         let mut current_node = child;
         while !current_node.is_element_node() {
-          if let Some(sibling) = current_node.get_prev_sibling() {
+          match current_node.get_prev_sibling() { Some(sibling) => {
             current_node = sibling;
-          } else {
+          } _ => {
             break;
-          }
+          }}
         }
         if current_node.is_element_node() {
           Some(current_node)
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ impl Node {
       // nothing to do here, already in place
       Ok(old)
     } else if self.get_type() == Some(NodeType::ElementNode) {
-      if let Some(old_parent) = old.get_parent() {
+      match old.get_parent() { Some(old_parent) => {
         if &old_parent == self {
           // unlink new to be available for insertion
           new.unlink();
@@ -1100,12 +1100,12 @@ impl Node {
             old_parent.get_name()
           )))
         }
-      } else {
+      } _ => {
         Err(From::from(format!(
           "Old node was not a child of {:?} parent. No registered parent exists.",
           self.get_name()
         )))
-      }
+      }}
     } else {
       Err(From::from(
         "Can only call replace_child_node an a NodeType::Element type parent.",
diff --git a/tests/tree_tests.rs b/tests/tree_tests.rs
index 59ec8c0bc..b03604072 100644
--- a/tests/tree_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tree_tests.rs
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ fn child_of_root_has_different_hash() {
     let doc = doc_result.unwrap();
     let root = doc.get_root_element().unwrap();
     assert!(!root.is_text_node());
-    if let Some(child) = root.get_first_child() {
+    match root.get_first_child() { Some(child) => {
       assert!(root != child);
-    } else {
+    } _ => {
       assert!(false); //test failed - child doesn't exist
-    }
+    }}
     // same check with last child
-    if let Some(child) = root.get_last_child() {
+    match root.get_last_child() { Some(child) => {
       assert!(root != child);
-    } else {
+    } _ => {
       assert!(false); //test failed - child doesn't exist
-    }
+    }}
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/xpath_tests.rs b/tests/xpath_tests.rs
index 8f09cfa55..bcfcaaac8 100644
--- a/tests/xpath_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/xpath_tests.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ fn xpath_find_string_values() {
   assert!(doc_result.is_ok());
   let doc = doc_result.unwrap();
   let mut xpath = libxml::xpath::Context::new(&doc).unwrap();
-  if let Some(root) = doc.get_root_element() {
+  match doc.get_root_element() { Some(root) => {
     let tests = root.get_child_elements();
     let empty_test = &tests[0];
     let ids_test = &tests[1];
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ fn xpath_find_string_values() {
     assert_eq!(ids_values, expected_ids);
     let node_ids_values = ids_test.findvalues(".//@xml:id");
     assert_eq!(node_ids_values, expected_ids);
-  } else {
+  } _ => {
     panic!("Document fails to obtain root!");
-  }
+  }}
 }
 
 /// Tests for checking xpath well-formedness