diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-format/clang-format.sh b/.github/workflows/clang-format/clang-format.sh
index 0b99c629ab..3824f780f1 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-format/clang-format.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-format/clang-format.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 if (( $# > 0 )); then
     # received arguments, format those files
-    clang-format-13 -i "$@"
+    clang-format-18 -i "$@"
 else
     # received no arguments, find files on our own
     find include/ src/ test/ examples/ \
             -regextype egrep \
             -type f -regex '.*\.(hpp|cpp|hpp\.in)$' \
-        | xargs clang-format-13 -i
+        | xargs clang-format-18 -i
 fi
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d3a3f82acb..d8529b3cee 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ repos:
 # clang-format v13
 #   to run manually, use .github/workflows/clang-format/clang-format.sh
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
-  rev: v17.0.6
+  rev: v18.1.2
   hooks:
   - id: clang-format
     # By default, the clang-format hook configures:
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 5cdc6f6f02..1840e99d59 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ name: openPMD-api-dev
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - clang-format-12=12.0.1
+  - clang-format-18=18.1.2
   - bash=5
diff --git a/include/openPMD/RecordComponent.hpp b/include/openPMD/RecordComponent.hpp
index c0b04a2a4c..1c96981bb5 100644
--- a/include/openPMD/RecordComponent.hpp
+++ b/include/openPMD/RecordComponent.hpp
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ class RecordComponent : public BaseRecordComponent
      */
     template <typename Visitor, typename... Args>
     auto visit(Args &&...args) -> decltype(Visitor::template call<char>(
-        std::declval<RecordComponent &>(), std::forward<Args>(args)...));
+                                   std::declval<RecordComponent &>(),
+                                   std::forward<Args>(args)...));
 
     static constexpr char const *const SCALAR = "\vScalar";
 
diff --git a/include/openPMD/RecordComponent.tpp b/include/openPMD/RecordComponent.tpp
index db6f68636c..a39325540e 100644
--- a/include/openPMD/RecordComponent.tpp
+++ b/include/openPMD/RecordComponent.tpp
@@ -135,11 +135,9 @@ RecordComponent::loadChunk(std::shared_ptr<T> data, Offset o, Extent e)
     if (extent.size() != dim || offset.size() != dim)
     {
         std::ostringstream oss;
-        oss << "Dimensionality of chunk ("
-            << "offset=" << offset.size() << "D, "
-            << "extent=" << extent.size() << "D) "
-            << "and record component (" << int(dim) << "D) "
-            << "do not match.";
+        oss << "Dimensionality of chunk (" << "offset=" << offset.size()
+            << "D, " << "extent=" << extent.size() << "D) "
+            << "and record component (" << int(dim) << "D) " << "do not match.";
         throw std::runtime_error(oss.str());
     }
     Extent dse = getExtent();
diff --git a/src/RecordComponent.cpp b/src/RecordComponent.cpp
index 0011363bc4..d8ebda0113 100644
--- a/src/RecordComponent.cpp
+++ b/src/RecordComponent.cpp
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ void RecordComponent::verifyChunk(
         {
             std::ostringstream oss;
             oss << "Joined array: Must specify an empty offset (given: "
-                << "offset=" << o.size() << "D, "
-                << "extent=" << e.size() << "D).";
+                << "offset=" << o.size() << "D, " << "extent=" << e.size()
+                << "D).";
             throw std::runtime_error(oss.str());
         }
         if (e.size() != dim)
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ void RecordComponent::verifyChunk(
             std::ostringstream oss;
             oss << "Joined array: Dimensionalities of chunk extent and dataset "
                    "extent must be equivalent (given: "
-                << "offset=" << o.size() << "D, "
-                << "extent=" << e.size() << "D).";
+                << "offset=" << o.size() << "D, " << "extent=" << e.size()
+                << "D).";
             throw std::runtime_error(oss.str());
         }
         for (size_t i = 0; i < dim; ++i)
@@ -529,11 +529,9 @@ void RecordComponent::verifyChunk(
         if (e.size() != dim || o.size() != dim)
         {
             std::ostringstream oss;
-            oss << "Dimensionality of chunk ("
-                << "offset=" << o.size() << "D, "
-                << "extent=" << e.size() << "D) "
-                << "and record component (" << int(dim) << "D) "
-                << "do not match.";
+            oss << "Dimensionality of chunk (" << "offset=" << o.size() << "D, "
+                << "extent=" << e.size() << "D) " << "and record component ("
+                << int(dim) << "D) " << "do not match.";
             throw std::runtime_error(oss.str());
         }
         for (uint8_t i = 0; i < dim; ++i)
diff --git a/test/ParallelIOTest.cpp b/test/ParallelIOTest.cpp
index 9f3ae43ee2..72c376cb63 100644
--- a/test/ParallelIOTest.cpp
+++ b/test/ParallelIOTest.cpp
@@ -414,8 +414,7 @@ void available_chunks_test(std::string const &file_ending)
             "parameters":
             {
                 "NumAggregators":)END"
-               << "\"" << std::to_string(mpi_size) << "\""
-               << R"END(
+               << "\"" << std::to_string(mpi_size) << "\"" << R"END(
             }
         }
     }
@@ -957,8 +956,7 @@ void hipace_like_write(std::string const &file_ending)
         int const step = first_rank_step - my_first_step;
 
         if (verbose)
-            std::cout << "[" << i_mpi_rank << "] "
-                      << "step: " << step
+            std::cout << "[" << i_mpi_rank << "] " << "step: " << step
                       << " | first_ranks_step: " << first_rank_step
                       << std::endl;
         // do we start writing to a new step?