diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c42da3f..d8f9625 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/ssciwr/hammingdist/issues"
 test = ["pytest", "numpy"]
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
+cmake.version = ">=3.23"
 cmake.verbose = true
 
 [tool.scikit-build.cmake.define]