diff --git a/atom/common/atom_version.h b/atom/common/atom_version.h
index 0d7efb7529c2..5a1560cd1223 100644
--- a/atom/common/atom_version.h
+++ b/atom/common/atom_version.h
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #define ATOM_MAJOR_VERSION 4
 #define ATOM_MINOR_VERSION 0
 #define ATOM_PATCH_VERSION 0
+// clang-format off
 #define ATOM_PRE_RELEASE_VERSION -nightly.20180905
+// clang-format on
 
 #ifndef ATOM_STRINGIFY
 #define ATOM_STRINGIFY(n) ATOM_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)