diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nettee/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nettee/package.nix
index 5528cd19bc55..d0ff55435ebd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nettee/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nettee/package.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   patches = [ ./fix-cmake-output.patch ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)" "cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   # additional shell scripts require accudate (not in nixpkgs)