diff --git a/.clang_format.hook b/.clang_format.hook
index 1d9282168..fdc3c054c 100644
--- a/.clang_format.hook
+++ b/.clang_format.hook
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-readonly VERSION="3.8"
+readonly VERSION="13.0.0"
 
 version=$(clang-format -version)
 
+if ! [[ $(python -V 2>&1 | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F '.' '{print $1$2}') -ge 36 ]]; then
+    echo "clang-format installation by pip need python version great equal 3.6,
+          please change the default python to higher version."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 if ! [[ $version == *"$VERSION"* ]]; then
-    echo "clang-format version check failed."
-    echo "a version contains '$VERSION' is needed, but get '$version'"
-    echo "you can install the right version, and make an soft-link to '\$PATH' env"
-    exit -1
+    # low version of pip may not have the source of clang-format whl
+    pip install --upgrade pip
+    pip install clang-format==13.0.0
 fi
 
 clang-format $@