diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wo/wownero/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wo/wownero/package.nix
index a35b9147e956..acc584adde11 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wo/wownero/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wo/wownero/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fetchFromGitea,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   python3,
   boost186,
@@ -54,6 +55,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Wno-error=int-conversion"
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # build: set cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5) consistently
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://codeberg.org/wownero/wownero/commit/0d0a656618e396de7ff60368dde708ad9d45f866.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-xnpEZxWg5YzOhDIWZjNyXH8GBdK7c2rxL9DewPKghIg=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     python3