diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 56d860d87..87b66ae39 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ Checks: >
   performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization,
   performance-unnecessary-value-param,
   portability-restrict-system-includes,
-  portability-simd-intrinsics,
   readability-avoid-const-params-in-decls,
   readability-braces-around-statements,
   readability-const-return-type,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 47cf3bd20..f36eeb258 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 
 env:
   inexor_build_type: "Release"
-  inexor_vulkan_version: "1.2.131.1"
+  inexor_vulkan_version: "1.2.189.0"
   inexor_vulkan_sdk: "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../vulkan_sdk/"
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml
index 6b07cac05..7381652ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Static Analysis
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 env:
-  inexor_vulkan_version: "1.2.131.1"
+  inexor_vulkan_version: "1.2.189.0"
   inexor_vulkan_sdk: "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../vulkan_sdk/"
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/src/vulkan-renderer/io/byte_stream.cpp b/src/vulkan-renderer/io/byte_stream.cpp
index 0f15557a9..cb1387d77 100644
--- a/src/vulkan-renderer/io/byte_stream.cpp
+++ b/src/vulkan-renderer/io/byte_stream.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ std::string ByteStreamReader::read(const std::size_t &size) {
     check_end(size);
     auto start = m_iter;
     std::advance(m_iter, size);
-    return std::string(start, m_iter);
+    return {start, m_iter};
 }
 
 template <>
diff --git a/src/vulkan-renderer/world/cube.cpp b/src/vulkan-renderer/world/cube.cpp
index 635dcdfd9..afc0e3d41 100644
--- a/src/vulkan-renderer/world/cube.cpp
+++ b/src/vulkan-renderer/world/cube.cpp
@@ -484,14 +484,14 @@ std::shared_ptr<Cube> Cube::neighbor(const NeighborAxis axis, const NeighborDire
     while (!history.empty()) {
         if (child->m_type != Type::OCTANT) {
             // The neighbor is larger but still a neighbor!
-            return std::shared_ptr<Cube>(child);
+            return {child};
         }
         child = child->m_children[toggle_bit(history.back())];
         history.pop_back();
     }
 
     // We found a same-sized neighbor!
-    return std::shared_ptr<Cube>(child);
+    return {child};
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<Cube> create_random_world(std::uint32_t max_depth, const glm::vec3 &position,