diff --git a/apps/codesandbox-react-northstar-template/package.json b/apps/codesandbox-react-northstar-template/package.json
index 6d30ecd9186de..f6a7a5aa34cfe 100644
--- a/apps/codesandbox-react-northstar-template/package.json
+++ b/apps/codesandbox-react-northstar-template/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@fluentui/code-sandbox": "^0.52.0",
     "@fluentui/react-northstar": "^0.52.0",
-    "prettier": "~1.19.1",
+    "prettier": "1.19.1",
     "react": "16.8.6",
     "react-dom": "16.8.6",
     "tslib": "^1.10.0"
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index bd44f500bd709..233d9f03d6cfd 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       ## manually call this since lage is now used and it calls lint per package, not per repo
       - script: |
           yarn prelint &&
-          yarn prettier $(targetBranch) --check
+          yarn format $(targetBranch) --check
         displayName: do syncpack, lint-files, and prettier checks
 
       ## Danger.js checks for Fluent UI N*
diff --git a/change/@fluentui-make-styles-146eefd0-302d-4465-b0de-2002fe6522b7.json b/change/@fluentui-make-styles-146eefd0-302d-4465-b0de-2002fe6522b7.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..85310755d2e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-make-styles-146eefd0-302d-4465-b0de-2002fe6522b7.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "none",
+  "comment": "chore(scripts): move prettier to single version policy,make formating abstraction explicit",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/make-styles",
+  "email": "martinhochel@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "none"
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eed343394e66a..bffb836d0c203 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "preinstall": "node ./scripts/use-yarn-please.js",
     "prelint": "yarn satisfied && yarn syncpack:list && node ./scripts/lint-files/index.js",
     "postinstall": "node ./scripts/postinstall.js",
-    "prettier": "node scripts/prettier.js",
+    "format": "node scripts/format.js",
     "rebuild": "node ./scripts/invalidate-just-cache.js && yarn build --reset-cache",
     "release:fluentui:minor": "node -r ./scripts/ts-node-register ./scripts/fluentui-publish publish-minor",
     "release:fluentui:patch": "node -r ./scripts/ts-node-register ./scripts/fluentui-publish publish-patch",
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "24.9.1",
     "@types/jest-axe": "3.2.2",
-    "@types/prettier": "^1.0.0",
+    "@types/prettier": "1.19.1",
     "@types/webpack-dev-middleware": "4.1.0",
     "@storybook/addon-a11y": "6.0.28",
     "@storybook/addons": "6.0.28",
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     "jest-cli": "24.9.0",
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "24.9.0",
     "jest-watch-typeahead": "0.4.2",
+    "prettier": "1.19.1",
     "lage": "0.27.0",
     "lerna": "^3.15.0",
     "lint-staged": "^10.2.9",
diff --git a/packages/fluentui/docs-components/package.json b/packages/fluentui/docs-components/package.json
index 3d3c0011989f1..685ed41327f44 100644
--- a/packages/fluentui/docs-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/fluentui/docs-components/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "@types/react": "16.9.42",
     "@fluentui/scripts": "^1.0.0",
     "gulp": "^4.0.2",
-    "prettier": "~1.19.1",
     "react": "16.8.6"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/make-styles/package.json b/packages/make-styles/package.json
index d6b2a8a80f578..ff0b1bba735e6 100644
--- a/packages/make-styles/package.json
+++ b/packages/make-styles/package.json
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
     "@fluentui/eslint-plugin": "^1.0.1",
     "@fluentui/scripts": "^1.0.0",
     "@fluentui/test-utilities": "^8.0.1",
-    "@types/stylis": "^4.0.0",
-    "prettier": "~1.19.1"
+    "@types/stylis": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/hash": "^0.8.0",
diff --git a/prettier.config.js b/prettier.config.js
index c3bfcb60f4934..b6ed35a435982 100644
--- a/prettier.config.js
+++ b/prettier.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-// https://prettier.io/docs/en/configuration.html
+// @ts-check
+
+/**
+ * https://prettier.io/docs/en/configuration.html
+ * @type {import('prettier').Options}
+ */
 module.exports = {
   printWidth: 120,
   tabWidth: 2,
diff --git a/scripts/prettier.js b/scripts/format.js
similarity index 86%
rename from scripts/prettier.js
rename to scripts/format.js
index 6b078025b6085..dd86ea91f45d4 100644
--- a/scripts/prettier.js
+++ b/scripts/format.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ async function main() {
   const { all: runOnAllFiles, check: checkMode } = parsedArgs;
 
   console.log(
-    `Running prettier on ${runOnAllFiles ? 'all' : 'changed'} files (on ${numberOfCpus} processes | in ${
+    `Running format on ${runOnAllFiles ? 'all' : 'changed'} files (on ${numberOfCpus} processes | in ${
       checkMode ? 'check' : 'write'
     } mode)`,
   );
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ async function main() {
 
 function parseArgs() {
   return require('yargs')
-    .usage('Usage: prettier [commitHash] [options]')
-    .example('prettier', 'Run prettier only on changed files')
-    .example('prettier HEAD~3', 'Run prettier only on changed files since HEAD~3')
+    .usage('Usage: format [commitHash] [options]')
+    .example('format', 'Run format only on changed files')
+    .example('format HEAD~3', 'Run format only on changed files since HEAD~3')
     .options({
       all: {
-        description: 'Run prettier on all files',
+        description: 'Run format on all files',
         boolean: true,
       },
       check: {
-        description: 'Run prettier in check mode. useful for CI',
+        description: 'Run format in check mode. useful for CI',
         boolean: true,
       },
     })
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/plugins/gulp-doctoc.ts b/scripts/gulp/plugins/gulp-doctoc.ts
index 7bf4ebf726875..be0ecf312b183 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/plugins/gulp-doctoc.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/plugins/gulp-doctoc.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const insideGitRepo = fs.existsSync(config.paths.base('.git'));
 export default () =>
   through2.obj((file, enc, done) => {
     sh(`doctoc ${file.path} --github --maxlevel 4`)
-      .then<any>(() => runPrettier([file.path], false, true))
+      .then<any>(() => runPrettier([file.path]))
       .then<any>(() => insideGitRepo && sh(`git add ${file.path}`))
       .then(() => {
         done(null, file);
diff --git a/scripts/package.json b/scripts/package.json
index 2ebf4bf8bd25f..7bd708757dc56 100644
--- a/scripts/package.json
+++ b/scripts/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
     "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
     "plop": "^2.6.0",
     "portfinder": "^1.0.20",
-    "prettier": "~1.19.1",
     "progress": "^2.0.3",
     "prompts": "^2.3.0",
     "puppeteer": "^1.13.0",
diff --git a/scripts/prettier/prettier-helpers.js b/scripts/prettier/prettier-helpers.js
index 61fa3123b1e62..702967fd434b8 100644
--- a/scripts/prettier/prettier-helpers.js
+++ b/scripts/prettier/prettier-helpers.js
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
 // @ts-check
 const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const execSync = require('../exec-sync');
 const exec = require('../exec');
 const findGitRoot = require('../monorepo/findGitRoot');
 
 const repoRoot = findGitRoot();
+const prettierBin = getPrettierBinary();
 const prettierRulesConfig = path.join(repoRoot, 'prettier.config.js');
 const prettierIgnorePath = path.join(repoRoot, '.prettierignore');
-const prettierBin = require.resolve('prettier/bin-prettier.js');
 
 const prettierExtensions = ['ts', 'tsx', 'js', 'jsx', 'json', 'scss', 'css', 'html', 'htm', 'md', 'yml'];
 
+/**
+ * NOTE:
+ * we should use public prettier node API. This is a temporary workaround
+ * https://prettier.io/docs/en/api.html
+ */
+function getPrettierBinary() {
+  const prettierPath = path.dirname(require.resolve('prettier'));
+  const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(prettierPath, 'package.json'), 'utf-8'));
+
+  return path.join(prettierPath, pkg.bin);
+}
+
 /**
  * Run prettier for a given set of files.
  *
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c762b3610054b..4651f4f2c7ffa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5080,7 +5080,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/parse5/-/parse5-5.0.3.tgz#e7b5aebbac150f8b5fdd4a46e7f0bd8e65e19109"
   integrity sha512-kUNnecmtkunAoQ3CnjmMkzNU/gtxG8guhi+Fk2U/kOpIKjIMKnXGp4IJCgQJrXSgMsWYimYG4TGjz/UzbGEBTw==
 
-"@types/prettier@^1.0.0":
+"@types/prettier@1.19.1":
   version "1.19.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/prettier/-/prettier-1.19.1.tgz#33509849f8e679e4add158959fdb086440e9553f"
   integrity sha512-5qOlnZscTn4xxM5MeGXAMOsIOIKIbh9e85zJWfBRVPlRMEVawzoPhINYbRGkBZCI8LxvBe7tJCdWiarA99OZfQ==
@@ -21189,7 +21189,7 @@ prepend-http@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prepend-http/-/prepend-http-2.0.0.tgz#e92434bfa5ea8c19f41cdfd401d741a3c819d897"
   integrity sha1-6SQ0v6XqjBn0HN/UAddBo8gZ2Jc=
 
-prettier@^1.16.4, prettier@~1.19.1:
+prettier@1.19.1, prettier@^1.16.4, prettier@~1.19.1:
   version "1.19.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prettier/-/prettier-1.19.1.tgz#f7d7f5ff8a9cd872a7be4ca142095956a60797cb"
   integrity sha512-s7PoyDv/II1ObgQunCbB9PdLmUcBZcnWOcxDh7O0N/UwDEsHyqkW+Qh28jW+mVuCdx7gLB0BotYI1Y6uI9iyew==