diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2dcb0701988d944c93a9f2e0ddfad3e0ebeb3313..7d875bb35985b9ee9fcf272b1c394b249638e3ea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test = [
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=64",
     "setuptools_scm[toml]==7.1.0",
-    "cmake>=3.27.9",
+    "cmake>=3.15.3.post1",
     "toml"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"