diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9237b585..9454472f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
 unsafe_code = "forbid"
 
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
+cognitive_complexity = "deny"
+wildcard_imports = "deny"
 dbg_macro = "warn"
 todo = "warn"
-too_many_arguments = "allow"
+too_many_arguments = "deny"
 type_complexity = "allow"
 
 [profile.dev.package."*"]
diff --git a/clippy.toml b/clippy.toml
index 4b6c79f5..ea4e52e5 100644
--- a/clippy.toml
+++ b/clippy.toml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ allow-unwrap-in-tests = true
 allow-expect-in-tests = true
 allow-panic-in-tests = true
 allow-indexing-slicing-in-tests = true
+cognitive-complexity-threshold = 30
diff --git a/crates/au-host/Cargo.toml b/crates/au-host/Cargo.toml
index af793163..122c4919 100644
--- a/crates/au-host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/au-host/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ log.workspace = true
 unsafe_code = "deny"
 
 [lints.clippy]
+cognitive_complexity = "deny"
+wildcard_imports = "deny"
 dbg_macro = "warn"
 todo = "warn"
-too_many_arguments = "allow"
+too_many_arguments = "deny"
 type_complexity = "allow"
diff --git a/crates/clap-host/Cargo.toml b/crates/clap-host/Cargo.toml
index 96c7de7c..27eaf561 100644
--- a/crates/clap-host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/clap-host/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ libloading = "0.9"
 unsafe_code = "deny"
 
 [lints.clippy]
+cognitive_complexity = "deny"
+wildcard_imports = "deny"
 dbg_macro = "warn"
 todo = "warn"
-too_many_arguments = "allow"
+too_many_arguments = "deny"
 type_complexity = "allow"
diff --git a/crates/vst3-host/Cargo.toml b/crates/vst3-host/Cargo.toml
index 00ace628..7a956118 100644
--- a/crates/vst3-host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/vst3-host/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ harness = false
 unsafe_code = "deny"
 
 [lints.clippy]
+cognitive_complexity = "deny"
+wildcard_imports = "deny"
 dbg_macro = "warn"
 todo = "warn"
-too_many_arguments = "allow"
+too_many_arguments = "deny"
 type_complexity = "allow"