diff --git a/sci-ml/NNPACK/NNPACK-2020.12.22-r4.ebuild b/sci-ml/NNPACK/NNPACK-2020.12.22-r4.ebuild
index b059fd74d7a32..2867626cc08ec 100644
--- a/sci-ml/NNPACK/NNPACK-2020.12.22-r4.ebuild
+++ b/sci-ml/NNPACK/NNPACK-2020.12.22-r4.ebuild
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
 "
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gentoo.patch )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gentoo.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-cmake.patch
+)
 
 src_prepare() {
 	sed -i \
diff --git a/sci-ml/NNPACK/files/NNPACK-2020.12.22-cmake.patch b/sci-ml/NNPACK/files/NNPACK-2020.12.22-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ba50c616d8cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-ml/NNPACK/files/NNPACK-2020.12.22-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2025-07-09 22:47:20.927544030 +0200
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2025-07-09 22:47:30.686441471 +0200
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)
++CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
+ 
+ INCLUDE(GNUInstallDirs)
+ INCLUDE(CheckCSourceCompiles)