diff --git a/include/async_resolve.hpp b/include/async_resolve.hpp
index 105616d..563d816 100644
--- a/include/async_resolve.hpp
+++ b/include/async_resolve.hpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                         handler(ec, endpointList);
                         return;
                     }
-                    uint16_t portNum;
+                    uint16_t portNum = 0;
                     auto it = std::from_chars(
                         port.data(), port.data() + port.size(), portNum);
                     if (it.ec != std::errc())
diff --git a/include/ibm/locks.hpp b/include/ibm/locks.hpp
index 800ee48..fb8b396 100644
--- a/include/ibm/locks.hpp
+++ b/include/ibm/locks.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 class Lock
 {
-    uint32_t transactionId;
+    uint32_t transactionId = 0;
     boost::container::flat_map<uint32_t, LockRequests> lockTable;
 
   protected:
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
 inline Rc Lock::isConflictWithTable(const LockRequests& refLockRequestStructure)
 {
 
-    uint32_t transactionId;
+    uint32_t transactionId = 0;
 
     if (lockTable.empty())
     {
diff --git a/include/ibm/management_console_rest.hpp b/include/ibm/management_console_rest.hpp
index 59d4111..57c9d83 100644
--- a/include/ibm/management_console_rest.hpp
+++ b/include/ibm/management_console_rest.hpp
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
     for (auto& element : body)
     {
         std::string lockType;
-        uint64_t resourceId;
+        uint64_t resourceId = 0;
 
         SegmentFlags segInfo;
         std::vector<nlohmann::json> segmentFlags;
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
         for (auto& e : segmentFlags)
         {
             std::string lockFlags;
-            uint32_t segmentLength;
+            uint32_t segmentLength = 0;
 
             if (!redfish::json_util::readJson(e, asyncResp->res, "LockFlag",
                                               lockFlags, "SegmentLength",
diff --git a/include/json_html_serializer.hpp b/include/json_html_serializer.hpp
index be9efc4..3efc224 100644
--- a/include/json_html_serializer.hpp
+++ b/include/json_html_serializer.hpp
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@
 
     const bool isNegative = std::is_same<NumberType, int64_t>::value &&
                             !(number >= 0); // see issue #755
-    uint64_t absValue;
+    uint64_t absValue = 0;
 
-    unsigned int nChars;
+    unsigned int nChars = 0;
 
     if (isNegative)
     {
diff --git a/include/openbmc_dbus_rest.hpp b/include/openbmc_dbus_rest.hpp
index 7f16ea8..0b54c65 100644
--- a/include/openbmc_dbus_rest.hpp
+++ b/include/openbmc_dbus_rest.hpp
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@
 inline int readVariantFromMessage(sdbusplus::message::message& m,
                                   nlohmann::json& data)
 {
-    const char* containerType;
+    const char* containerType = nullptr;
     int r = sd_bus_message_peek_type(m.get(), nullptr, &containerType);
     if (r < 0)
     {
diff --git a/include/ssl_key_handler.hpp b/include/ssl_key_handler.hpp
index abb1c94..eb59bee 100644
--- a/include/ssl_key_handler.hpp
+++ b/include/ssl_key_handler.hpp
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@
     {
         std::cerr << "Generating x509 Certificate\n";
         // Use this code to directly generate a certificate
-        X509* x509;
-        x509 = X509_new();
+        X509* x509 = X509_new();
         if (x509 != nullptr)
         {
             // get a random number from the RNG for the certificate serial
@@ -280,8 +279,7 @@
             X509_set_pubkey(x509, pPrivKey);
 
             // get the subject name
-            X509_NAME* name;
-            name = X509_get_subject_name(x509);
+            X509_NAME* name = X509_get_subject_name(x509);
 
             X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(
                 name, "C", MBSTRING_ASC,