diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/package.nix
index d59e9ad1c0c6..030ec7af99c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrupdate/package.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./disable-zch1dn-test.patch
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed '/^cmake_minimum_required/Is/VERSION [0-9]\.[0-9]/VERSION 3.5/' -i ./CMakeLists.txt
+  '';
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [