diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f89b5c7f1..b2ae4abd0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["attributes",
 rust_decimal = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 bigdecimal = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
 sea-orm-macros = { version = "0.12.0", path = "sea-orm-macros", default-features = false, features = ["strum"] }
-sea-query = { version = "0.28.3", features = ["thread-safe"] }
-sea-query-binder = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
+sea-query = { version = "0.29.0-rc.1", features = ["thread-safe"] }
+sea-query-binder = { version = "0.4.0-rc.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 strum = { version = "0.24", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
diff --git a/sea-orm-cli/Cargo.toml b/sea-orm-cli/Cargo.toml
index baed609ef..dd377c5a5 100644
--- a/sea-orm-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sea-orm-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ clap = { version = "3.2", default-features = false, features = ["std", "env", "d
 dotenvy = { version = "0.15", default-features = false, optional = true }
 async-std = { version = "1.9", default-features = false, features = ["attributes", "tokio1"], optional = true }
 sea-orm-codegen = { version = "=0.12.0", path = "../sea-orm-codegen", default-features = false, optional = true }
-sea-schema = { version = "0.11" }
+sea-schema = { version = "0.12.0-rc.1" }
 sqlx = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["mysql", "postgres"], optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/sea-orm-codegen/Cargo.toml b/sea-orm-codegen/Cargo.toml
index 56ac646c1..a12a58d63 100644
--- a/sea-orm-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sea-orm-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ name = "sea_orm_codegen"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-sea-query = { version = "0.28.3", default-features = false, features = ["thread-safe"] }
+sea-query = { version = "0.29.0-rc.1", default-features = false, features = ["thread-safe"] }
 syn = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["parsing", "proc-macro", "derive", "printing"] }
 quote = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 heck = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
diff --git a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/entity_model.rs b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/entity_model.rs
index c642d9a8e..e50b8a66d 100644
--- a/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/entity_model.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-macros/src/derives/entity_model.rs
@@ -255,12 +255,12 @@ pub fn expand_derive_entity_model(data: Data, attrs: Vec<Attribute>) -> syn::Res
 
                     if let Some(select_as) = select_as {
                         columns_select_as.push(quote! {
-                            Self::#field_name => expr.cast_as(sea_orm::sea_query::Alias::new(&#select_as))
+                            Self::#field_name => expr.cast_as(sea_orm::sea_query::Alias::new(#select_as))
                         });
                     }
                     if let Some(save_as) = save_as {
                         columns_save_as.push(quote! {
-                            Self::#field_name => val.cast_as(sea_orm::sea_query::Alias::new(&#save_as))
+                            Self::#field_name => val.cast_as(sea_orm::sea_query::Alias::new(#save_as))
                         });
                     }
 
diff --git a/sea-orm-migration/Cargo.toml b/sea-orm-migration/Cargo.toml
index 15610308c..c095b6b21 100644
--- a/sea-orm-migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sea-orm-migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ clap = { version = "3.2", default-features = false, features = ["std", "env", "d
 dotenvy = { version = "0.15", default-features = false, optional = true }
 sea-orm = { version = "0.12.0", path = "../", default-features = false, features = ["macros"] }
 sea-orm-cli = { version = "0.12.0", path = "../sea-orm-cli", default-features = false, optional = true }
-sea-schema = { version = "0.11" }
+sea-schema = { version = "0.12.0-rc.1" }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["log"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/sea-orm-migration/src/migrator.rs b/sea-orm-migration/src/migrator.rs
index d0058bacb..2509d9a6c 100644
--- a/sea-orm-migration/src/migrator.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-migration/src/migrator.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ where
             let type_name: String = row.try_get("", "typname")?;
             info!("Dropping type '{}'", type_name);
             let mut stmt = Type::drop();
-            stmt.name(Alias::new(&type_name as &str));
+            stmt.name(Alias::new(&type_name));
             db.execute(db_backend.build(&stmt)).await?;
             info!("Type '{}' has been dropped", type_name);
         }
diff --git a/src/entity/active_model.rs b/src/entity/active_model.rs
index 40d6a1569..656fc1853 100644
--- a/src/entity/active_model.rs
+++ b/src/entity/active_model.rs
@@ -155,31 +155,14 @@ pub trait ActiveModelTrait: Clone + Debug {
                 let s3 = next!();
                 Some(ValueTuple::Three(s1, s2, s3))
             }
-            4 => {
-                let s1 = next!();
-                let s2 = next!();
-                let s3 = next!();
-                let s4 = next!();
-                Some(ValueTuple::Four(s1, s2, s3, s4))
-            }
-            5 => {
-                let s1 = next!();
-                let s2 = next!();
-                let s3 = next!();
-                let s4 = next!();
-                let s5 = next!();
-                Some(ValueTuple::Five(s1, s2, s3, s4, s5))
-            }
-            6 => {
-                let s1 = next!();
-                let s2 = next!();
-                let s3 = next!();
-                let s4 = next!();
-                let s5 = next!();
-                let s6 = next!();
-                Some(ValueTuple::Six(s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6))
+            len => {
+                let mut vec = Vec::with_capacity(len);
+                for _ in 0..len {
+                    let s = next!();
+                    vec.push(s);
+                }
+                Some(ValueTuple::Many(vec))
             }
-            _ => panic!("The arity cannot be larger than 6"),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/entity/column.rs b/src/entity/column.rs
index 991aa6995..1cf2e61b8 100644
--- a/src/entity/column.rs
+++ b/src/entity/column.rs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pub trait ColumnTrait: IdenStatic + Iterable + FromStr {
         cast_enum_as(val, self, |col, enum_name, col_type| {
             let type_name = match col_type {
                 ColumnType::Array(_) => {
-                    Alias::new(&format!("{}[]", enum_name.to_string())).into_iden()
+                    Alias::new(format!("{}[]", enum_name.to_string())).into_iden()
                 }
                 _ => enum_name,
             };
diff --git a/src/entity/link.rs b/src/entity/link.rs
index 214754c52..df30c8220 100644
--- a/src/entity/link.rs
+++ b/src/entity/link.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ pub trait Linked {
     fn find_linked(&self) -> Select<Self::ToEntity> {
         let mut select = Select::new();
         for (i, mut rel) in self.link().into_iter().rev().enumerate() {
-            let from_tbl = Alias::new(&format!("r{i}")).into_iden();
+            let from_tbl = Alias::new(format!("r{i}")).into_iden();
             let to_tbl = if i > 0 {
-                Alias::new(&format!("r{}", i - 1)).into_iden()
+                Alias::new(format!("r{}", i - 1)).into_iden()
             } else {
                 unpack_table_ref(&rel.to_tbl)
             };
diff --git a/src/executor/cursor.rs b/src/executor/cursor.rs
index 772635669..bb88326c1 100644
--- a/src/executor/cursor.rs
+++ b/src/executor/cursor.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use crate::{
     Select, SelectModel, SelectorTrait,
 };
 use sea_query::{
-    Condition, DynIden, Expr, IntoValueTuple, Order, OrderedStatement, SeaRc, SelectStatement,
-    SimpleExpr, Value, ValueTuple,
+    Condition, DynIden, Expr, IntoValueTuple, Order, SeaRc, SelectStatement, SimpleExpr, Value,
+    ValueTuple,
 };
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
diff --git a/src/executor/paginator.rs b/src/executor/paginator.rs
index 6ca075694..6907457e6 100644
--- a/src/executor/paginator.rs
+++ b/src/executor/paginator.rs
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ where
     type Selector = S;
     fn paginate(self, db: &'db C, page_size: u64) -> Paginator<'db, C, S> {
         assert!(page_size != 0, "page_size should not be zero");
-        let sql = &self.stmt.sql.trim()[6..].trim();
+        let sql = self.stmt.sql.trim()[6..].trim();
         let mut query = SelectStatement::new();
         query.expr(if let Some(values) = self.stmt.values {
             Expr::cust_with_values(sql, values.0)
diff --git a/src/query/combine.rs b/src/query/combine.rs
index 99f2d8021..9ffb8e6ed 100644
--- a/src/query/combine.rs
+++ b/src/query/combine.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ where
             match &sel.alias {
                 Some(alias) => {
                     let alias = format!("{}{}", pre, alias.to_string().as_str());
-                    sel.alias = Some(SeaRc::new(Alias::new(&alias)));
+                    sel.alias = Some(SeaRc::new(Alias::new(alias)));
                 }
                 None => {
                     let col = match &sel.expr {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ where
                         _ => panic!("cannot apply alias for expr other than Column or AsEnum"),
                     };
                     let alias = format!("{}{}", pre, col.to_string().as_str());
-                    sel.alias = Some(SeaRc::new(Alias::new(&alias)));
+                    sel.alias = Some(SeaRc::new(Alias::new(alias)));
                 }
             };
         });
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ where
         let alias = format!("{}{}", SelectB.as_str(), col.as_str());
         selector.query().expr(SelectExpr {
             expr: col.select_as(col.into_expr()),
-            alias: Some(SeaRc::new(Alias::new(&alias))),
+            alias: Some(SeaRc::new(Alias::new(alias))),
             window: None,
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/query/join.rs b/src/query/join.rs
index f7a81c932..6923d96c7 100644
--- a/src/query/join.rs
+++ b/src/query/join.rs
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ where
     {
         let mut slf = self;
         for (i, mut rel) in l.link().into_iter().enumerate() {
-            let to_tbl = Alias::new(&format!("r{i}")).into_iden();
+            let to_tbl = Alias::new(format!("r{i}")).into_iden();
             let from_tbl = if i > 0 {
-                Alias::new(&format!("r{}", i - 1)).into_iden()
+                Alias::new(format!("r{}", i - 1)).into_iden()
             } else {
                 unpack_table_ref(&rel.from_tbl)
             };
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ where
         for col in <T::Column as Iterable>::iter() {
             let alias = format!("{}{}", SelectB.as_str(), col.as_str());
             let expr = Expr::col((
-                Alias::new(&format!("r{}", l.link().len() - 1)).into_iden(),
+                Alias::new(format!("r{}", l.link().len() - 1)).into_iden(),
                 col.into_iden(),
             ));
             select_two.query().expr(SelectExpr {
                 expr: col.select_as(expr),
-                alias: Some(SeaRc::new(Alias::new(&alias))),
+                alias: Some(SeaRc::new(Alias::new(alias))),
                 window: None,
             });
         }