diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 5aa3ebd2..7897be08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -5,17 +5,15 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
   clang-format:
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # latest
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Sources
-      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: clang-format lint
-      uses: DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action@v0.3.1
-      with:
-        # List of extensions to check
-        extensions: c
+      run: |
+        ./format-check.py
 
   check-submodules:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed2e677a..74d9b19f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ src/*.dylib
 src/*.dll
 /x64/
 awscrt.dep
+*~
 
 # ignoring output of package.xml as it needs to be generated from ./prepare_release.sh in each publishing
 package.xml
diff --git a/format-check.py b/format-check.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..35ac46e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/format-check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+from subprocess import list2cmdline, run
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+
+CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION = '18.1.6'
+
+INCLUDE_REGEX = re.compile(r'^ext/.*\.(c|h|inl)$')
+EXCLUDE_REGEX = re.compile(r'^$')
+
+arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Check with clang-format")
+arg_parser.add_argument('-i', '--inplace-edit', action='store_true',
+                        help="Edit files inplace")
+args = arg_parser.parse_args()
+
+os.chdir(Path(__file__).parent)
+
+# create file containing list of all files to format
+filepaths_file = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk('.'):
+    for filename in filenames:
+        # our regexes expect filepath to use forward slash
+        filepath = Path(dirpath, filename).as_posix()
+        if not INCLUDE_REGEX.match(filepath):
+            continue
+        if EXCLUDE_REGEX.match(filepath):
+            continue
+
+        filepaths_file.write(f"{filepath}\n".encode())
+filepaths_file.close()
+
+# use pipx to run clang-format from PyPI
+# this is a simple way to run the same clang-format version regardless of OS
+cmd = ['pipx', 'run', f'clang-format=={CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION}',
+       f'--files={filepaths_file.name}']
+if args.inplace_edit:
+    cmd += ['-i']
+else:
+    cmd += ['--Werror', '--dry-run']
+
+print(f"{Path.cwd()}$ {list2cmdline(cmd)}")
+if run(cmd).returncode:
+    exit(1)
diff --git a/format-check.sh b/format-check.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index eb2f5242..00000000
--- a/format-check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [[ -z $CLANG_FORMAT ]] ; then
-    CLANG_FORMAT=clang-format
-fi
-
-if NOT type $CLANG_FORMAT 2> /dev/null ; then
-    echo "No appropriate clang-format found."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-FAIL=0
-SOURCE_FILES=`find src ext -type f \( -name '*.c' \)`
-for i in $SOURCE_FILES
-do
-    $CLANG_FORMAT -output-replacements-xml $i | grep -c "<replacement " > /dev/null
-    if [ $? -ne 1 ]
-    then
-        echo "$i failed clang-format check."
-        FAIL=1
-    fi
-done
-
-exit $FAIL