diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
index 9f710609a2644..42a05293f7697 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <LinkerArg Include="-Wl,--eh-frame-hdr" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' != 'true'" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <Exec Command="xcodebuild -version" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true'" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
+    <Exec Command="clang --version" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true'" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_XcodeVersionStringExitCode" />
       <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="_XcodeVersionString" />
     </Exec>