diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e65dfac2..2f244ec4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -84,11 +84,19 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13' && matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'
         uses: SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-c-cpp@v2
 
-      - name: Configure CMake
-        if: matrix.configurations.compiler != 'emscripten'
+      - name: Configure CMake Clang
+        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'clang17'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cmake -S . -B ../build -DDISABLE_EXTERNAL_DEPS_WARNINGS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }} -DENABLE_COVERAGE=${{ matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13' &&  matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'}}
+          export CC=clang-17
+          export CXX=clang++-17
+          cmake -S . -B ../build -DDISABLE_EXTERNAL_DEPS_WARNINGS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }} -DCMAKE_LINKER=/usr/bin/clang-17          
+
+      - name: Configure CMake GCC
+        if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'gcc13'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |          
+          cmake -S . -B ../build -DDISABLE_EXTERNAL_DEPS_WARNINGS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.cmake-build-type }} -DENABLE_COVERAGE=${{ matrix.cmake-build-type == 'Debug'}}
 
       - name: Configure CMake Emscripten
         if: matrix.configurations.compiler == 'emscripten'
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e62afd2a..db61ad93 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "(Clang|GNU|Intel)")
     if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "" AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "-O[123gs]")
         message(WARNING "It seems you are compiling without optimization. Please set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE or CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS.")
     endif ()
-
-    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang") # set default C++ STL to Clang's libc++ when using Clang
-        add_compile_options(-stdlib=libc++ -fcolor-diagnostics)
-        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++ -lc++")
-    elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-        add_compile_options(-fdiagnostics-color=always)
-    endif()
-
 endif ()
 
 # Initialize a variable to hold all the compiler flags -> exported into global config.h(.in)
@@ -69,6 +61,13 @@ endif()
 # Replace ; with space
 string(REPLACE ";" " " ALL_COMPILER_FLAGS "${ALL_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
 
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang") # set default C++ STL to Clang's libc++ when using Clang
+    add_compile_options(-stdlib=libc++ -fcolor-diagnostics)
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++ -lc++")
+elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+    add_compile_options(-fdiagnostics-color=always)
+endif()
+
 # Mainly for FMT
 set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
 
diff --git a/core/test/CMakeLists.txt b/core/test/CMakeLists.txt
index eca74fde..6373e36f 100644
--- a/core/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function(setup_test_no_asan TARGET_NAME)
 endfunction()
 
 function(setup_test TARGET_NAME)
-    if (NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") # limited to gcc due to a Ubuntu packaging bug of libc++, see https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/59432
         target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE -fsanitize=address) # for testing consider enabling -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG and -D_GLIBCXX_SANITIZE_VECTOR
         target_link_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE -fsanitize=address) # for testing consider enabling -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG and -D_GLIBCXX_SANITIZE_VECTOR
     endif ()