diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/my/mydumper/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/my/mydumper/package.nix
index b283d864ecbc..f9edcc2c83a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/my/mydumper/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/my/mydumper/package.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   versionCheckHook,
   mydumper,
 }:
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mydumper";
   version = "0.20.1-2";
@@ -82,7 +81,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     # as of mydumper v0.14.5-1, mydumper tries to install its config to /etc
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt\
-      --replace-fail "/etc" "$out/etc"
+      --replace-fail "/etc" "$out/etc" \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
   '';
 
   # copy man files & docs over