diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnest2d/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnest2d/package.nix
index 88906caac71e..cd583bdc7d2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnest2d/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnest2d/package.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace {,examples/}CMakeLists.txt \
       --replace "set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)" "set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)"
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
+
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [