diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ns/nsplist/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ns/nsplist/package.nix
index 64cba193ce31..5b3007d3383c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ns/nsplist/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ns/nsplist/package.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     flex -o src/NSPlistLexer.cpp <(tail --lines=+17 src/NSPlistLexer.l)
   '';
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewbauer ];
     description = "Parses .plist files";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plistcpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pl/plistcpp/package.nix
index 4b1aea8d1218..73c4179960b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plistcpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pl/plistcpp/package.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i "1i #include <algorithm>" src/Plist.cpp
+
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [