diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/btop/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/btop/package.py
index 3cefbf41350..2e76633ccea 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/btop/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/btop/package.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class Btop(MakefilePackage, CMakePackage):
 
     variant("gpu", default=False, description="Enable GPU support", when="build_system=cmake")
 
+    depends_on("cmake@3.24:", type="build", when="@1.3.0: build_system=cmake")
+
     # Fix linking GPU support, by adding an explicit "target_link_libraries" to ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
     patch("link-dl.patch", when="+gpu")