diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/backward-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/backward-cpp/package.nix
index 44ce9e1d01d0..285d2f342088 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/backward-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/backward-cpp/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   stdenv,
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
 }:
 
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     sha256 = "sha256-2k5PjwFxgA/2XPqJrPHxgSInM61FBEcieppBx+MAUKw=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # update depreciated cmake minimum version
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/bombela/backward-cpp/commit/8cb73c397f38b0a375d49335e17980b6c3345ca1.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-i+ywKsCdTIS9sqqwAOcf2Mhdz5ReKfThNLHjhvRRQQ0=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];