diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0725ccfb9b2e080d1d1e2c42a1587f3e75e43487..aa43189d3f4f7d3796009c2646175635382796bf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"] # defined in tool.setuptools_scm
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=64",
     "setuptools_scm[toml]==7.1.0",
-    "cmake>=3.27.9",
+    "cmake>=3.15.3.post1",
     "toml"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"