diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5d28e9c97c..f0dcb02caf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2077,9 +2077,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty_v8"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d7ccfa96e1b3ce6f807a93b58d38fc5e984e617506e52cb336888ab890cd884a"
+checksum = "acb0ad56a57c42009a8d16df5fa94ae882ad0ffe0e88fe1a23b261b3affbccf2"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cargo_gn",
diff --git a/cli/inspector.rs b/cli/inspector.rs
index b6f653f4cc..9ccf4cd494 100644
--- a/cli/inspector.rs
+++ b/cli/inspector.rs
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ impl DenoInspector {
     // Tell the inspector about the global context.
     let context = global_context.get(scope).unwrap();
     let context_name = v8::inspector::StringView::from(&b"global context"[..]);
-    self_.context_created(context, Self::CONTEXT_GROUP_ID, &context_name);
+    self_.context_created(context, Self::CONTEXT_GROUP_ID, context_name);
 
     // Register this inspector with the server thread.
     // Note: poll_sessions() might block if we need to wait for a
@@ -700,14 +700,12 @@ impl DenoInspectorSession {
   ) -> Box<Self> {
     new_box_with(move |self_ptr| {
       let v8_channel = v8::inspector::ChannelBase::new::<Self>();
-
-      let empty_view = v8::inspector::StringView::empty();
       let v8_session = unsafe { &mut *inspector_ptr }.connect(
         Self::CONTEXT_GROUP_ID,
         // Todo(piscisaureus): V8Inspector::connect() should require that
         // the 'v8_channel' argument cannot move.
         unsafe { &mut *self_ptr },
-        &empty_view,
+        v8::inspector::StringView::empty(),
       );
 
       let (websocket_tx, websocket_rx) = websocket.split();
@@ -736,7 +734,7 @@ impl DenoInspectorSession {
         .map_ok(move |msg| {
           let msg = msg.as_bytes();
           let msg = v8::inspector::StringView::from(msg);
-          unsafe { &mut *self_ptr }.dispatch_protocol_message(&msg);
+          unsafe { &mut *self_ptr }.dispatch_protocol_message(msg);
         })
         .try_collect::<()>()
         .await;
@@ -758,7 +756,7 @@ impl DenoInspectorSession {
   pub fn break_on_first_statement(&mut self) {
     let reason = v8::inspector::StringView::from(&b"debugCommand"[..]);
     let detail = v8::inspector::StringView::empty();
-    self.schedule_pause_on_next_statement(&reason, &detail);
+    self.schedule_pause_on_next_statement(reason, detail);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index c8c19516a4..cc979bff88 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ futures = { version = "0.3.4", features = ["thread-pool", "compat"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libc = "0.2.69"
 log = "0.4.8"
-rusty_v8 = "0.4.0"
+rusty_v8 = "0.4.2"
 serde_json = "1.0.52"
 url = "2.1.1"