diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/inochi2d/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/inochi2d/generic.nix
index 5817acd8b1c1..30e521755fde 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/inochi2d/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/inochi2d/generic.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ buildDubPackage (
       # We get around this by manually pre-fetching the submodule and copying it into the right place
       cp -r --no-preserve=all ${cimgui-src}/* "$cimgui_dir/deps/cimgui"
 
+      # bump cmake minimum version to a version supported by cmake 4
+      substituteInPlace "$cimgui_dir/deps/cimgui/CMakeLists.txt" \
+          --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+
       # Disable the original cmake fetcher script
       substituteInPlace "$cimgui_dir/deps/CMakeLists.txt" \
           --replace-fail "PullSubmodules(" "# PullSubmodules(" \