diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 3205a83..b6153a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-*"
           # Skip 32 bit architectures, musllinux, i686, and macOS x86_64 wheels for CP3.8 -- CP3.11
           CIBW_SKIP: "*-win32 *-musllinux_x86_64 *_i686 cp38-macosx_x86_64 cp39-macosx_x86_64 cp310-macosx_x86_64 cp311-macosx_x86_64"
-          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install cmake
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install cmake==3.26.3
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest --pyargs gph
           CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest hypothesis
           CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014