diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index f0d5c5449fdd3d8497279a006052349cb11e3353..575f23278179c905211e7623ef6157403bfcc737 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y cmake
 RUN apt-get install -y lcov
 RUN apt-get install -y doxygen graphviz
-RUN apt-get install -y clang-format-16 clang-tidy
+RUN apt-get install -y clang-format-16 clang-tidy-16
 RUN apt-get install -y python3-pip python3-venv
 RUN apt-get install -y git  
 RUN apt-get install -y curl zip unzip tar
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7556d307ff2dbcdef235834f6bab76857cbbd6eb..a47734cbe61c98b420addbc8b8e2df915e6f4bd3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ if(_LINTING)
             )
     endif()
 
-    find_program(clang_tidy NAMES clang-tidy clang-tidy-11)
+    find_program(clang_tidy NAMES clang-tidy clang-tidy-16)
     if(NOT clang_tidy)
         message(WARNING "clang-tidy: Not found")
     else()
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ install(FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/linkaheadConfigVersion.cmake
 #######################################################
 option(AUTOFORMATTING "call clang-format at configure time" ON)
 if(AUTOFORMATTING AND NOT SKIP_LINTING)
-    find_program(clang_format NAMES clang-format-11 clang-format)
+    find_program(clang_format NAMES clang-format-16 clang-format)
     file(GLOB format_test_sources test/*.cpp test/*.h test/*.h.in)
     execute_process(COMMAND ${clang_format} -i --verbose ${liblinkahead_INCL}
         ${liblinkahead_SRC} ${liblinkahead_TEST_SRC}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d807cfa10f5e12352f6b50e489e2719e19634f0e..707209ca54adf20506752c74eb8cfa57f9bfefce 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "    test-debug - Install dependencies, build the project in Debug mode, and run the tests."
 	@echo "    test-release - Install dependencies, build the project in Release mode, and run the tests."
 	@echo "    clean - Remove build directory."
-	
 
 style:
 	$(CLANG_FORMAT) -i --verbose \
@@ -105,6 +104,9 @@ conan-build:
 .PHONY: conan-build
 
 conan-build-debug:
+	@command -v lcov || (echo "Could not find 'lcov', exiting."; exit 1)
+	@command -v clang-tidy || command -v clang-tidy-16 || \
+	  (echo "Could not find 'clang-tidy'(-16), exiting."; exit 1)
 	conan build . -s $(CONAN_SETTINGS) -s build_type=Debug
 .PHONY: conan-build-debug
 
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ test-debug: conan-install-debug conan-build-debug ctest-debug
 
 test-release: conan-install-deps conan-build ctest-release
 .PHONY: test-release
-	
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf build
-.PHONY: clean
\ No newline at end of file
+.PHONY: clean
diff --git a/doc/DEPENDENCIES.md b/doc/DEPENDENCIES.md
index dbbd559904ce9314891a8d5dcf1d332929136474..bcdd9e14df0bd70f8824a3ae800abdd4b5694cbe 100644
--- a/doc/DEPENDENCIES.md
+++ b/doc/DEPENDENCIES.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ python packages from the `doc/requirements.txt` file
 ## Build and run tests ##
 
 ```
->=clang-tidy-11
+clang-tidy-16
 >=gtest-1.10.0
 ```