diff --git a/iceoryx_posh/cmake/cpptoml/0001-cpptoml-cmake-version.patch b/iceoryx_posh/cmake/cpptoml/0001-cpptoml-cmake-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60b02d0692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iceoryx_posh/cmake/cpptoml/0001-cpptoml-cmake-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2024-03-26 12:09:54.921829374 +0000
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2024-03-26 12:09:59.552800904 +0000
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+ project(cpptoml)
+
+ set(cpptoml_VERSION 0.4.0)
diff --git a/iceoryx_posh/cmake/cpptoml/CMakeLists.txt b/iceoryx_posh/cmake/cpptoml/CMakeLists.txt
index ffd3fe9f5c..08aff834c2 100644
--- a/iceoryx_posh/cmake/cpptoml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/iceoryx_posh/cmake/cpptoml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ if(DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
     set(cpptoml_DIR ${cpptoml_DIR} CACHE PATH "" FORCE)
 endif()
 
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND git apply -p1 --ignore-space-change --whitespace=nowarn
+    INPUT_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-cpptoml-cmake-version.patch"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${SOURCE_DIR}"
+    RESULT_VARIABLE result)
+if(result)
+    message(WARNING "CMake step [patch] for '${PROJECT_NAME}' failed! Error code: ${result}! Build of '${PROJECT_NAME}' might fail")
+endif()
+
 execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" "-DENABLE_LIBCXX=off" "-DCPPTOML_BUILD_EXAMPLES=off" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_DIR}" "${SOURCE_DIR}" ${CMAKE_ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS}
     RESULT_VARIABLE result
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${BUILD_DIR} )