diff --git a/.github/dockerfiles/ov_build/ubuntu_22_04_x64_cc/Dockerfile b/.github/dockerfiles/ov_build/ubuntu_22_04_x64_cc/Dockerfile
index 07f0941fb441fa..f4c9fa726eafb7 100644
--- a/.github/dockerfiles/ov_build/ubuntu_22_04_x64_cc/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/dockerfiles/ov_build/ubuntu_22_04_x64_cc/Dockerfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         # Compiler \
         clang-15 \
         # Static analyzer
-        clang-tidy-15 \
+        clang-tidy-18 \
         # clang-tidy uses clang-format as a dependency
         clang-format-15 \
         && \
diff --git a/.github/dockerfiles/ov_build/ubuntu_24_04_x64/Dockerfile b/.github/dockerfiles/ov_build/ubuntu_24_04_x64/Dockerfile
index bc72500dde74a1..82a51ffc0b175e 100644
--- a/.github/dockerfiles/ov_build/ubuntu_24_04_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/dockerfiles/ov_build/ubuntu_24_04_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         python3-full \
         # For Java API
         default-jdk \
-        # Compiler \
-        clang-18 \
-        # Static analyzer
-        clang-tidy-18 \
-        # clang-tidy uses clang-format as a dependency
-        clang-format-18 \
         && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -46,12 +40,6 @@ RUN chmod +x /install_build_dependencies.sh && \
     /install_build_dependencies.sh && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang-format clang-format $(which clang-format-18) 100 && \
-    update-alternatives --set clang-format $(which clang-format-18)
-
-RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang-tidy clang-tidy $(which clang-tidy-18) 100 && \
-    update-alternatives --set clang-tidy $(which clang-tidy-18)
-
 # Install sccache
 ARG SCCACHE_VERSION="v0.7.5"
 ENV SCCACHE_HOME="/opt/sccache" \
diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/clang_tidy/clang_tidy.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/clang_tidy/clang_tidy.cmake
index abad5c6f880c54..41dcb709c8953e 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/clang_tidy/clang_tidy.cmake
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/clang_tidy/clang_tidy.cmake
@@ -3,23 +3,23 @@
 #
 
 if(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
-    set(CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION 15 CACHE STRING "Minimum clang-tidy version to use")
-    set(CLANG_TIDY_FILENAME clang-tidy)
+    set(CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION 18 CACHE STRING "clang-tidy version to use")
+    set(CLANG_TIDY_FILENAME clang-tidy-${CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION} clang-tidy)
     find_host_program(CLANG_TIDY NAMES ${CLANG_TIDY_FILENAME} PATHS ENV PATH)
     if(CLANG_TIDY)
-        execute_process(COMMAND ${CLANG_TIDY} --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE CLANG_VERSION)
+        execute_process(COMMAND ${CLANG_TIDY} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ARGS --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE CLANG_VERSION)
         if(NOT CLANG_VERSION)
-            message(WARNING "Minimum supported clang-tidy version is ${CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION}!")
+            message(WARNING "Supported clang-tidy version is ${CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION}!")
             set(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY OFF)
         else()
-            string(REGEX REPLACE ".*version ([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" CLANG_TIDY_MAJOR_VERSION ${CLANG_VERSION})
-            if(CLANG_TIDY_MAJOR_VERSION LESS CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION)
-                message(WARNING "Minimum supported clang-tidy version is ${CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION}! Provided version ${CLANG_TIDY_MAJOR_VERSION}")
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "[^0-9]+([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" CLANG_TIDY_MAJOR_VERSION ${CLANG_VERSION})
+            if(NOT CLANG_TIDY_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION)
+                message(WARNING "Supported clang-tidy version is ${CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION}! Provided version ${CLANG_TIDY_MAJOR_VERSION}")
                 set(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY OFF)
             endif()
         endif()
     else()
-        message(WARNING "clang-tidy is not found!")
+        message(WARNING "Supported clang-tidy-${CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION} is not found!")
         set(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY OFF)
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/plugins/plugins.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/plugins/plugins.cmake
index 19ccacd0310522..0cf7606f7e7f12 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/plugins/plugins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/plugins/plugins.cmake
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function(ov_add_plugin)
         if (OV_PLUGIN_ADD_CLANG_TIDY)
             if (ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
                 set_target_properties(${OV_PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES
-                    CXX_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy;--extra-arg=-Wno-unused-command-line-argument")
+                    CXX_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy-${CLANG_TIDY_REQUIRED_VERSION};--extra-arg=-Wno-unused-command-line-argument")
             endif()
         endif()