diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8dd96a3530f..09eb864b837 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo pip install flake8
+        run: |
+          sudo pip install flake8
+          sudo apt-get install clang-format-14
 
       - name: Check licenses
         env:
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check style
         env:
+          CSTYLE_FAIL_IF_CLANG_FORMAT_MISSING: 1
           NDCTL_ENABLE: n # just to speed up the job
         run: make -j$(nproc) cstyle
 
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/pmembench.cpp b/src/benchmarks/pmembench.cpp
index 5c73e2682ce..0f73242ff8b 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/pmembench.cpp
+++ b/src/benchmarks/pmembench.cpp
@@ -1215,9 +1215,10 @@ scale_up_min_exe_time(struct benchmark *bench, struct benchmark_args *args,
 		 * scale up number of operations to get assumed minimal
 		 * execution time
 		 */
-		args->n_ops_per_thread = (size_t)(
-			(double)args->n_ops_per_thread *
-			(min_exe_time + MIN_EXE_TIME_E) / total_res->total.min);
+		args->n_ops_per_thread =
+			(size_t)((double)args->n_ops_per_thread *
+				 (min_exe_time + MIN_EXE_TIME_E) /
+				 total_res->total.min);
 
 		results_free(total_res);
 		*total_results = results_alloc(args);
diff --git a/utils/style_check.sh b/utils/style_check.sh
index 37a09b9ac45..34f5688fd7a 100755
--- a/utils/style_check.sh
+++ b/utils/style_check.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-# Copyright 2016-2022, Intel Corporation
+# Copyright 2016-2023, Intel Corporation
 #
 # utils/style_check.sh -- common style checking script
 #
@@ -29,16 +29,22 @@ function usage() {
 }
 
 #
-# require clang-format version 9.0
+# require clang-format version 14.0
 #
 function check_clang_version() {
 	set +e
 	which ${clang_format_bin} &> /dev/null && ${clang_format_bin} --version |\
-	grep "version 9\.0"\
+	grep "version 14\.0"\
 	&> /dev/null
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "SKIP: requires clang-format version 9.0"
-		exit 0
+		MSG="requires clang-format version==14.0"
+		if [ "x$CSTYLE_FAIL_IF_CLANG_FORMAT_MISSING" == "x1" ]; then
+			echo "FAIL: $MSG"
+			exit 1
+		else
+			echo "SKIP: $MSG"
+			exit 0
+		fi
 	fi
 	set -e
 }