diff --git a/tools/lint/lint.ml b/tools/lint/lint.ml
index c0a576b75d00ab2ad223adea7e09a4286a989f79..cf0d18e5970e345f652c0aa4b13ec99c34e39f50 100644
--- a/tools/lint/lint.ml
+++ b/tools/lint/lint.ml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ let external_formatters = [
     available_cmd = "clang-format --version > /dev/null 2> /dev/null";
     check_cmd = "clang-format --dry-run -Werror" ;
     update_cmd = "clang-format -i" ;
-    version_cmd = ""
+    version_cmd = "clang-format --version | grep -E '1[1-6]'"
   }
   ;
   { kind = "Python";