diff --git a/build-support/macros-and-definitions.cmake b/build-support/macros-and-definitions.cmake
index 60bb2735c..edd913881 100644
--- a/build-support/macros-and-definitions.cmake
+++ b/build-support/macros-and-definitions.cmake
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ macro(process_options)
   if(${NS3_CLANG_TIDY})
     find_program(
       CLANG_TIDY NAMES clang-tidy clang-tidy-14 clang-tidy-15 clang-tidy-16
+                       clang-tidy-17 clang-tidy-18
     )
     if("${CLANG_TIDY}" STREQUAL "CLANG_TIDY-NOTFOUND")
       message(FATAL_ERROR "Clang-tidy was not found")