diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index cb3eef848458bacbe674aa18dbba6cdc985d5c9e..9c3964ad86ff22a86cd66f2c3ce0a6f18ad92234 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 BasedOnStyle: LLVM
 AlignAfterOpenBracket: true
+AlignConsecutiveAssignments: true
 IndentWidth: 4
 AlwaysBreakAfterDefinitionReturnType: None
 PenaltyReturnTypeOnItsOwnLine: 9999999
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0918595c0569b2f7659136a16efce9345ad035dc..a51c4207adda85ce68fa7d7646aaf402a08812c0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ for new files, or cosmetic `tidy/*` branches, but try to stick to existing
 formatting elsewhere.
 
 Installing it is straightforward on most package managers. Nektar++ relies on
-options that are used in version 3.6 or later.
+options that are used in version 3.7 or later.
 
 There are a number of instructions on how to use `clang-format` inside a number
 of text editors on the