diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2700dff47e9aab2a4ccd8f391275c91d9372d487..560ed4004af47eb8a3305ad04ddc554730cded08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ 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"