diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e9d015..24a9773 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 
 if ("${BUILD_TYPE_UPPER}" STREQUAL "DEBUG")
     # enable before adding tests to let them detect that format checking is available - one of the tests is format checking
-    source_format_enable(0.76)
+    source_format_enable(0.77)
 endif()
 
 # generate files