diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 68fc9e75fc..41df5470ff 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Checks: "-*,
 # readability-static-accessed-through-instance,        # this check is probably unnecessary. It makes the code less readable
 # ---
 
+FormatStyle: file
+
 CheckOptions:
   bugprone-unsafe-functions.ReportMoreUnsafeFunctions: true
   bugprone-unused-return-value.CheckedReturnTypes: ::std::error_code;::std::error_condition;::std::errc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-clang-tidy.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-clang-tidy.yml
index a6c1e6ae56..f1fdc0569a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-clang-tidy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-clang-tidy.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           TARGETS: ${{ needs.determine-files.outputs.need_full_run != 'true' && needs.determine-files.outputs.cpp_changed_files || 'include src tests' }}
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
-          run-clang-tidy -j ${{ steps.nproc.outputs.nproc }} -p "${BUILD_DIR}" -quiet -fix -allow-no-checks ${TARGETS} 2>&1 | tee "${OUTPUT_FILE}"
+          run-clang-tidy -j ${{ steps.nproc.outputs.nproc }} -p "${BUILD_DIR}" -quiet -fix -format -allow-no-checks ${TARGETS} 2>&1 | tee "${OUTPUT_FILE}"
 
       - name: Print filtered clang-tidy errors
         if: ${{ steps.run_clang_tidy.outcome != 'success' }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7632741e35..fc385cf6ed 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -348,12 +348,14 @@ run-clang-tidy -p build -allow-no-checks src tests
 ```
 
 This will check all source files in the `src`, `include` and `tests` directories using the compile commands from your `build` directory.
-If you wish to automatically fix whatever clang-tidy finds _and_ is capable of fixing, add `-fix` to the above command:
+If you wish to automatically fix whatever clang-tidy finds _and_ is capable of fixing, add `-fix -format` to the above command:
 
 ```
-run-clang-tidy -p build -quiet -fix -allow-no-checks src tests
+run-clang-tidy -p build -quiet -fix -format -allow-no-checks src tests
 ```
 
+`-format` reformats the fixed code with [`.clang-format`](./.clang-format); without it the fixes are inserted in LLVM style and the `clang-format` hook rewrites them afterwards.
+
 ## Contracts and instrumentation
 
 We are using [Antithesis](https://antithesis.com/) for continuous fuzzing,
diff --git a/bin/pre-commit/clang_tidy_check.py b/bin/pre-commit/clang_tidy_check.py
index cf4808d2ea..118d9619e2 100755
--- a/bin/pre-commit/clang_tidy_check.py
+++ b/bin/pre-commit/clang_tidy_check.py
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ def main():
             + files
         )
         canonicalize_fix_paths(Path(fixes_dir))
-        applied = subprocess.run([clang_apply_replacements, fixes_dir])
+        # `FormatStyle` in .clang-tidy does not reach this path,
+        # so ask for the repository style here.
+        applied = subprocess.run(
+            [clang_apply_replacements, "--format", "--style=file", fixes_dir]
+        )
 
     return result.returncode or applied.returncode