diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh b/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
index b19822b21..0b52c4f4d 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function build_libavif {
 
     local out_dir=$(fetch_unpack https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libavif/archive/refs/tags/v$LIBAVIF_VERSION.tar.gz libavif-$LIBAVIF_VERSION.tar.gz)
     (cd $out_dir \
-        && cmake \
+        && CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 cmake \
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$BUILD_PREFIX \
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=$BUILD_PREFIX/lib \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \