diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chow-kick/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chow-kick/package.nix
index a5fc34ebfda2..cbb4ecce74be 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ch/chow-kick/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ch/chow-kick/package.nix
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "-DCMAKE_RANLIB=${stdenv.cc.cc}/bin/gcc-ranlib"
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace modules/chowdsp_wdf/CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
+      'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)' \
+      'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 4.0)'
+  '';
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/lib/lv2 $out/lib/vst3 $out/bin
     cp -r ChowKick_artefacts/Release/LV2/ChowKick.lv2 $out/lib/lv2