diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/cli/cformat.py b/lib/python/qmk/cli/cformat.py
index 5aab31843c..1edb30553a 100644
--- a/lib/python/qmk/cli/cformat.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/cli/cformat.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def cformat_run(files, all_files):
     """
     # Determine which version of clang-format to use
     clang_format = ['clang-format', '-i']
-    for clang_version in [10, 9, 8, 7]:
+    for clang_version in range(20,6,-1):
         binary = 'clang-format-%d' % clang_version
         if which(binary):
             clang_format[0] = binary