diff --git a/win/build-deps.cmd b/win/build-deps.cmd
index 846b36dd19..f55b27043d 100644
--- a/win/build-deps.cmd
+++ b/win/build-deps.cmd
@@ -464,8 +464,10 @@ IF NOT %ERRORLEVEL%==0 git apply --reject --whitespace=fix "%~dp0patches\OpenCOL
 :: uncomment to following line in order to delete the CMakeCache.txt always if experiencing problems.
 REM IF EXIST "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%\%BUILD_DIR%\CMakeCache.txt". del "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%\%BUILD_DIR%\CMakeCache.txt"
 :: NOTE Enforce that the embedded LibXml2 and PCRE are used as there might be problems with arbitrary versions of the libraries.
+:: OpenCOLLADA is ancient at this point and allows cmake 2.6+, which results in error in cmake 4, so we override minimum cmake version.
 call :RunCMake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALL_DIR%\%DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_NAME%" -DUSE_STATIC_MSVC_RUNTIME=0 -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=d ^
-               -DLIBXML2_LIBRARIES="" -DLIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR="" -DPCRE_INCLUDE_DIR="" -DPCRE_LIBRARIES=""
+               -DLIBXML2_LIBRARIES="" -DLIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR="" -DPCRE_INCLUDE_DIR="" -DPCRE_LIBRARIES="" ^
+               -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
 IF NOT %ERRORLEVEL%==0 GOTO :Error
 REM IF NOT EXIST "%DEPS_DIR%\OpenCOLLADA\%BUILD_DIR%\lib\%DEBUG_OR_RELEASE%\OpenCOLLADASaxFrameworkLoader.lib".
 call :BuildCMakeProject "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%\%BUILD_DIR%" %DEBUG_OR_RELEASE%