diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnitrokey/cmake-v4.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnitrokey/cmake-v4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51955e5dac6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnitrokey/cmake-v4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 12661e59111d3cf1e5b27d59b54810edc1997d27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Skoh <101289702+SkohTV@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 18:09:25 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Increase `cmake_minimum_required`: 3.1 -> 3.10
+
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 246923d..14e1151 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ IF(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_NO_WARNINGS)
+     SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_NO_WARNINGS ON)
+ ENDIF()
+ 
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1...3.10)
+ IF (UNIX)
+     OPTION(ADD_ASAN "Use ASAN to show memory issues" FALSE)
+     OPTION(ADD_TSAN "Use TSAN to show thread issues" FALSE)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnitrokey/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnitrokey/package.nix
index cf5cf8a578d7..5604afda7716 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnitrokey/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnitrokey/package.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix for CMake v4
+    # https://github.com/Nitrokey/libnitrokey/pull/226
+    ./cmake-v4.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config