diff --git a/.ci/format/apply_shfmt_bats.sh b/.ci/format/apply_shfmt_bats.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c19acb36328f0521fa86298dfe9570eb03feeb1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/format/apply_shfmt_bats.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "${SHFMT_BIN}" ]; then
+    SHFMT_BIN="shfmt"
+fi
+
+if ! command -v "${SHFMT_BIN}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "ERROR: Binary '${SHFMT_BIN}' does not exist, please set the environment variable SHFMT_BIN to the correct shfmt version."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+format_command="${SHFMT_BIN} -w -ln bats -i 4"
+
+apply_format_script="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/apply_format.sh"
+
+files_regex=".*\.bats$"
+
+if ! "${apply_format_script}" --format-command "${format_command}" --files-regex "${files_regex}" "$@"; then
+    echo "ERROR: Executing '${apply_format_script}' failed."
+    exit 1
+fi