diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0e8764b05e..8a7340763e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: check-clang-format-version
         name: Check clang-format version
-        entry: ./ci/check-clang-format-version.sh
-        language: script
+        entry: python3 ./ci/check-clang-format-version.py
+        language: system
       - id: clang-format
         name: Clang format
         entry: clang-format
diff --git a/ci/check-clang-format-version.py b/ci/check-clang-format-version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7379a828a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/check-clang-format-version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import subprocess
+
+EXPECTED_CLANG_VERSION = "18.1.6"
+
+
+def main():
+    result = subprocess.run(("clang-format", "--version"), capture_output=True)
+    result.check_returncode()
+
+    version_str = result.stdout.decode("utf-8").split()[2].strip()
+    if version_str != EXPECTED_CLANG_VERSION:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Error: Found clang-format version {version_str}, but {EXPECTED_CLANG_VERSION} is required."
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/ci/check-clang-format-version.sh b/ci/check-clang-format-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ddb6aba2db..0000000000
--- a/ci/check-clang-format-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-EXPECTED_VERSION="18.1.6"
-
-# Get the installed clang-format version
-INSTALLED_VERSION=$(clang-format --version | grep -oE '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+')
-
-if [ "$INSTALLED_VERSION" != "$EXPECTED_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo "Error: clang-format version $INSTALLED_VERSION found, but $EXPECTED_VERSION is required."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-exit 0