diff --git a/.github/workflows/bootstrap-deps.sh b/.github/workflows/bootstrap-deps.sh
index 1561f5f..0c59d9c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/bootstrap-deps.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/bootstrap-deps.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ case "${1}" in
             "bionic"|"bullseye"|"focal")
                 apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends python3-pip
                 pip3 install --isolated --upgrade --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall pip
-                pip3 install --isolated --upgrade --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall cmake meson
+                pip3 install --isolated --upgrade --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall cmake==3.31.6 meson
             ;;
         esac
 
diff --git a/setup/functions.sh b/setup/functions.sh
index 0983a10..a1acba8 100644
--- a/setup/functions.sh
+++ b/setup/functions.sh
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ function build_cmake() {
         extraconfrules+=" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
     fi
 
+    extraconfrules+=" -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5"
+
     if [ ! -f "${pkgdir}/.stamp_configured" ]; then
         pushd "${pkgdir}/build"
         ${CMAKE_EXE_WRAPPER} ${cmake} -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${PAWPAW_PREFIX}" ${extraconfrules} ..