diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index b23d7ccbff..b0da673b13 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ Checks: "-*,
   readability-use-std-min-max
   "
 # ---
+# bugprone-narrowing-conversions,                      # this will break a lot of code but we should enable it in the future because it can eliminate a lot of bugs
 # readability-inconsistent-declaration-parameter-name, # in this codebase this check will break a lot of arg names
 # readability-static-accessed-through-instance,        # this check is probably unnecessary. it makes the code less readable
 # ---
diff --git a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/PeerImp.cpp b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/PeerImp.cpp
index 325f8ba038..324e8e6b87 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/PeerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/PeerImp.cpp
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ PeerImp::checkTracking(std::uint32_t validationSeq)
 void
 PeerImp::checkTracking(std::uint32_t seq1, std::uint32_t seq2)
 {
-    int const diff = std::max(seq1, seq2) - std::min(seq1, seq2);
+    std::uint32_t const diff = std::max(seq1, seq2) - std::min(seq1, seq2);
 
     if (diff < Tuning::kConvergedLedgerLimit)
     {
diff --git a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/Tuning.h b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/Tuning.h
index a0f57ec3d7..97ce3f5188 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/Tuning.h
+++ b/src/xrpld/overlay/detail/Tuning.h
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #pragma once
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
 
 namespace xrpl::Tuning {
 
 /** How many ledgers off a server can be and we will
     still consider it converged */
-static constexpr auto kConvergedLedgerLimit = 24;
+static constexpr std::uint32_t kConvergedLedgerLimit = 24;
 
 /** How many ledgers off a server has to be before we
     consider it diverged */
-static constexpr auto kDivergedLedgerLimit = 128;
+static constexpr std::uint32_t kDivergedLedgerLimit = 128;
 
 /** The soft cap on the number of ledger entries in a single reply. */
 static constexpr auto kSoftMaxReplyNodes = 8192;