diff --git a/crates/wdk-build/Cargo.toml b/crates/wdk-build/Cargo.toml
index ab8b4c538..ad92f32f4 100644
--- a/crates/wdk-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wdk-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 clap-cargo.workspace = true
 lazy_static.workspace = true
 paste.workspace = true
+rustversion.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/wdk-build/src/cargo_make.rs b/crates/wdk-build/src/cargo_make.rs
index f5dea6fcd..26be9942b 100644
--- a/crates/wdk-build/src/cargo_make.rs
+++ b/crates/wdk-build/src/cargo_make.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ impl ParseCargoArgs for CompilationOptions {
             );
         }
 
-        configure_wdf_build_output_dir(target, &cargo_make_cargo_profile);
+        configure_wdf_build_output_dir(target.as_ref(), &cargo_make_cargo_profile);
 
         if let Some(timings_option) = &timings {
             timings_option.as_ref().map_or_else(
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ pub fn package_driver_flow_condition_script() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     })
 }
 
-fn configure_wdf_build_output_dir(target_arg: &Option<String>, cargo_make_cargo_profile: &str) {
+fn configure_wdf_build_output_dir(target_arg: Option<&String>, cargo_make_cargo_profile: &str) {
     let cargo_make_crate_custom_triple_target_directory =
         env::var(CARGO_MAKE_CRATE_CUSTOM_TRIPLE_TARGET_DIRECTORY_ENV_VAR).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
             panic!(
diff --git a/crates/wdk-build/src/utils.rs b/crates/wdk-build/src/utils.rs
index 3785ef17f..c8b6a3ee1 100644
--- a/crates/wdk-build/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/wdk-build/src/utils.rs
@@ -222,12 +222,21 @@ pub fn detect_cpu_architecture_in_build_script() -> CpuArchitecture {
 
 /// Validates that a given string matches the WDK version format (10.xxx.yyy.zzz
 /// where xxx, yyy, and zzz are numeric and not necessarily 3 digits long).
+#[rustversion::attr(
+    nightly,
+    allow(
+        clippy::nonminimal_bool,
+        reason = "is_some_or is not stable until 1.82.0 is released on 10/17/24"
+    )
+)]
 pub fn validate_wdk_version_format<S: AsRef<str>>(version_string: S) -> bool {
     let version = version_string.as_ref();
     let version_parts: Vec<&str> = version.split('.').collect();
 
     // First, check if we have "10" as our first value
     if !version_parts.first().is_some_and(|first| *first == "10") {
+        // FIXME: Once is_some_or is stabilized, replace the above with:
+        // if version_parts.first().is_none_or(|first| *first != "10") {
         return false;
     }