diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index e26332c540..f1c2439ebe 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ array([-0.87758256, -0.47942554])
 * Lightning has been made compatible with the change in return types specification.
   [(#427)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/427)
 
+* Lightning is compatible with clang-tidy version 16.
+  [(#429)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/429)
+
 ### Documentation
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/_version.py b/pennylane_lightning/_version.py
index 8dab0a1c06..c8524b6d55 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.30.0-dev3"
+__version__ = "0.30.0-dev4"
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/src/gates/DynamicDispatcher.hpp b/pennylane_lightning/src/gates/DynamicDispatcher.hpp
index 09e833789e..d08fd26488 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/src/gates/DynamicDispatcher.hpp
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/src/gates/DynamicDispatcher.hpp
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ template <typename PrecisionT> class DynamicDispatcher {
         -> std::vector<Gates::KernelType> {
         std::vector<Gates::KernelType> kernels;
 
+        kernels.reserve(kernel_names_.size());
         for (const auto &[kernel, name] : kernel_names_) {
             kernels.emplace_back(kernel);
         }
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/pennylane_lightning/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index afc7f5dbff..ccadd60064 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
 
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Catch2)
 
+get_target_property(CATCH2_IID Catch2 INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+set_target_properties(Catch2 PROPERTIES INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CATCH2_IID}")
+
 # Required for catch_discover_tests().
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${catch2_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib)