diff --git a/DifferentiationInterface/Project.toml b/DifferentiationInterface/Project.toml
index 372a97de8..3654bf71f 100644
--- a/DifferentiationInterface/Project.toml
+++ b/DifferentiationInterface/Project.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ DifferentiationInterfaceTrackerExt = "Tracker"
 DifferentiationInterfaceZygoteExt = ["Zygote", "ForwardDiff"]
 
 [compat]
-ADTypes = "1.17.0"
+ADTypes = "1.18.0"
 ChainRulesCore = "1.23.0"
 DiffResults = "1.1.0"
 Diffractor = "=0.2.6"
diff --git a/DifferentiationInterface/src/utils/check.jl b/DifferentiationInterface/src/utils/check.jl
index 9e0510533..ed11dd10a 100644
--- a/DifferentiationInterface/src/utils/check.jl
+++ b/DifferentiationInterface/src/utils/check.jl
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ function check_available(backend::MixedMode)
            check_available(reverse_backend(backend))
 end
 
+check_available(::ADTypes.NoAutoDiff) = throw(ADTypes.NoAutoDiffSelectedError())
+
 """
     check_inplace(backend)
 
 Check whether `backend` supports differentiation of in-place functions and return a `Bool`.
 """
 check_inplace(backend::AbstractADType) = Bool(inplace_support(backend))
+
+check_inplace(::ADTypes.NoAutoDiff) = throw(ADTypes.NoAutoDiffSelectedError())
diff --git a/DifferentiationInterface/test/Core/ZeroBackends/test.jl b/DifferentiationInterface/test/Core/ZeroBackends/test.jl
index 396e7d455..771d265c5 100644
--- a/DifferentiationInterface/test/Core/ZeroBackends/test.jl
+++ b/DifferentiationInterface/test/Core/ZeroBackends/test.jl
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ using Test
 
 LOGGING = get(ENV, "CI", "false") == "false"
 
+@test_throws NoAutoDiffSelectedError check_available(NoAutoDiff())
+@test_throws NoAutoDiffSelectedError check_inplace(NoAutoDiff())
+
 zero_backends = [AutoZeroForward(), AutoZeroReverse()]
 
 for backend in zero_backends