diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libff/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libff/package.nix
index da6ee91db807..6aee73ce3b69 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libff/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libff/package.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DUSE_ASM=OFF"
   ];
 
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString (!enableStatic) ''
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace "VERSION 2.8" "VERSION 3.10"
+  ''
+  + lib.optionalString (!enableStatic) ''
     substituteInPlace libff/CMakeLists.txt --replace "STATIC" "SHARED"
   '';