diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f81de31e..769beda1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ repos:
   # See also: https://github.com/ssciwr/clang-format-wheel
   # Config file: .clang-format
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
-    rev: v22.1.4
+    rev: v22.1.5
     hooks:
       - id: clang-format
         types_or: [c++, c, json, javascript]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ repos:
 
   # CMake linting and formatting
   - repo: https://github.com/BlankSpruce/gersemi-pre-commit
-    rev: 0.27.2
+    rev: 0.27.6
     hooks:
       - id: gersemi
         name: CMake linting
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ repos:
   # Config file: pyproject.toml
   # second Python code formatting
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 26.3.1
+    rev: 26.5.1
     hooks:
       - id: black
 
   # Beman Standard checking via beman-tidy
-  - repo : https://github.com/bemanproject/beman-tidy
-    rev: v0.3.1
-    hooks:
-    - id: beman-tidy
+  # - repo : https://github.com/bemanproject/beman-tidy
+  #   rev: v0.5.1
+  #   hooks:
+  #   - id: beman-tidy
 
 exclude: 'infra/'
diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index c4fcfd51..61065330 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "_debug-base"
       ],
       "cacheVariables": {
-        "BEMAN_USE_STD_MODULE": true,
+        "BEMAN_USE_STD_MODULE": false,
         "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE": "infra/cmake/llvm-libc++-toolchain.cmake"
       },
       "environment": {
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "appleclang-debug",
+      "hidden": true,
       "displayName": "Appleclang Debug Build",
       "inherits": [
         "_root-config",
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "appleclang-release",
+      "hidden": true,
       "displayName": "Appleclang Release Build",
       "inherits": [
         "_root-config",
@@ -161,7 +163,11 @@
     {
       "name": "_root-build",
       "hidden": true,
-      "jobs": 0
+      "jobs": 0,
+      "targets": [
+        "all_verify_interface_header_sets",
+        "all"
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "gcc-debug",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e038041..d9bb3a8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ The following instructions build the library and the examples:
       "gcc-release"
       "llvm-debug"
       "llvm-release"
-      "appleclang-debug"
-      "appleclang-release"
       "msvc-debug"
       "msvc-release"
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eff0e1c7..878177a0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ pyaml
 ### cmake build context
 bump2version>=1.0.1
 check-jsonschema>=0.36.1
-cmake>=4.2
+cmake>=4.3
 codespell>=2.4.1
-# conan>=2.7.0
-gersemi>=0.25.4
+# conan>=2.26.2
+gersemi>=0.27.2
 gcovr>=8.6
 ninja>=1.13
 yamllint>=1.38
 
 beman_submodule
+beman-local-ci
+beman-tidy
diff --git a/src/beman/execution/CMakeLists.txt b/src/beman/execution/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a984af6..53bc65ba 100644
--- a/src/beman/execution/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/beman/execution/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ target_sources(
 if(BEMAN_USE_MODULES)
     target_sources(
         ${BEMAN_EXECUTION_TARGET_PREFIX}
-        PRIVATE
-            execution.cpp # TODO(CK): check if really needed!
+        PRIVATE execution.cpp # TODO(CK): check if really needed!
         PUBLIC
             FILE_SET CXX_MODULES
                 FILES