diff --git a/.github/workflows/awesome_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/awesome_workflow.yml
index 9cff1c48d..8b4675e76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awesome_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awesome_workflow.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: requirements
         run: | 
           sudo apt -qq -y update
-          sudo apt -qq install clang-tidy-10
+          sudo apt -qq install clang-tidy-12
         # checks are passing with less errors when used with this version. 
         # The default installs v6.0 which did not work out well in my tests
       - name: Setup Git Specs