diff --git a/qbs/modules/libclang/functions.js b/qbs/modules/libclang/functions.js
index dd9dc1bb096..77690ab47a9 100644
--- a/qbs/modules/libclang/functions.js
+++ b/qbs/modules/libclang/functions.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function llvmConfig(hostOS, qtcFunctions)
     var llvmInstallDirFromEnv = Environment.getEnv("LLVM_INSTALL_DIR")
     var llvmConfigVariants = [
         // CLANG-UPGRADE-CHECK: Adapt once we require a new minimum version.
-        "llvm-config", "llvm-config-8", "llvm-config-9", "llvm-config-10", "llvm-config-11", "llvm-config-12"
+        "llvm-config", "llvm-config-11", "llvm-config-10", "llvm-config-9"
     ];
 
     // Prefer llvm-config* from LLVM_INSTALL_DIR
diff --git a/src/shared/clang/clang_installation.pri b/src/shared/clang/clang_installation.pri
index 2ef2cb425cb..2d412c48d2b 100644
--- a/src/shared/clang/clang_installation.pri
+++ b/src/shared/clang/clang_installation.pri
@@ -141,15 +141,14 @@ win32: BIN_EXTENSION = .exe
 
 isEmpty(LLVM_INSTALL_DIR) {
     unix {
-      llvm_config = $$system(which llvm-config-8)
-    }
-
-    isEmpty(llvm_config) {
-        llvm_config = llvm-config
+        llvm_config = $$system(which llvm-config-11)
+        isEmpty(llvm_config): llvm_config = $$system(which llvm-config-10)
+        isEmpty(llvm_config): llvm_config = $$system(which llvm-config-9)
     }
+    isEmpty(llvm_config): llvm_config = llvm-config
 } else {
-    exists($$LLVM_INSTALL_DIR/bin/llvm-config-8$$BIN_EXTENSION) {
-      llvm_config = $$system_quote($$LLVM_INSTALL_DIR/bin/llvm-config-8)
+    exists($$LLVM_INSTALL_DIR/bin/llvm-config-11$$BIN_EXTENSION) {
+      llvm_config = $$system_quote($$LLVM_INSTALL_DIR/bin/llvm-config-11)
     } else {
       llvm_config = $$system_quote($$LLVM_INSTALL_DIR/bin/llvm-config)
       requires(exists($$llvm_config$$BIN_EXTENSION))
@@ -163,10 +162,10 @@ isEmpty(LLVM_VERSION) {
     $$llvmWarningOrError(\
         "Cannot determine clang version. Set LLVM_INSTALL_DIR to build the Clang Code Model",\
         "LLVM_INSTALL_DIR does not contain a valid llvm-config, candidate: $$llvm_config")
-} else:!versionIsAtLeast($$LLVM_VERSION, 8, 0, 0): {
+} else:!versionIsAtLeast($$LLVM_VERSION, 9, 0, 0): {
     # CLANG-UPGRADE-CHECK: Adapt minimum version numbers.
     $$llvmWarningOrError(\
-        "LLVM/Clang version >= 8.0.0 required, version provided: $$LLVM_VERSION")
+        "LLVM/Clang version >= 9.0.0 required, version provided: $$LLVM_VERSION")
     LLVM_VERSION =
 } else {
     # CLANG-UPGRADE-CHECK: Remove suppression if this warning is resolved.