diff --git a/format-code.sh b/format-code.sh
index b3ddcf6..0f67180 100755
--- a/format-code.sh
+++ b/format-code.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # Use the provided clang-format, only define a version
 # if we don't have one provided already
-export CLANG_FORMAT="${CLANG_FORMAT:-clang-format-6.0}"
+export CLANG_FORMAT="${CLANG_FORMAT:-clang-format-11}"
 
 # phosphor-mboxd is a fork of mboxbridge, the reference mbox daemon
 # implementation. mboxbridge is C written with the style of the Linux kernel.