diff --git a/Dockerfile.neuron b/Dockerfile.neuron
index 2143315d2a078..47e40e015239a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.neuron
+++ b/Dockerfile.neuron
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,source=.git,target=.git \
     if [ "$GIT_REPO_CHECK" != 0 ]; then bash tools/check_repo.sh ; fi
 
 RUN python3 -m pip install -U \
-        'cmake>=3.26' ninja packaging 'setuptools-scm>=8' wheel jinja2 \
+        'cmake>=3.26,<=3.30' ninja packaging 'setuptools-scm>=8' wheel jinja2 \
         -r requirements-neuron.txt
 
 ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE neuron
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ppc64le b/Dockerfile.ppc64le
index b19c6ddec7948..c2a40000aab4b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ppc64le
+++ b/Dockerfile.ppc64le
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,source=.git,target=.git \
 # These packages will be in rocketce eventually
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip  \
     pip install -v --prefer-binary --extra-index-url https://repo.fury.io/mgiessing \
-        'cmake>=3.26' ninja packaging 'setuptools-scm>=8' wheel jinja2 \
+        'cmake>=3.26,<=3.30' ninja packaging 'setuptools-scm>=8' wheel jinja2 \
         torch==2.3.1 \
         -r requirements-cpu.txt \
         xformers uvloop==0.20.0
diff --git a/docs/source/getting_started/cpu-installation.rst b/docs/source/getting_started/cpu-installation.rst
index 69530fd778c55..6bf170b164fb8 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting_started/cpu-installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting_started/cpu-installation.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Build from source
 .. code-block:: console
 
     $ pip install --upgrade pip
-    $ pip install cmake>=3.26 wheel packaging ninja "setuptools-scm>=8" numpy
+    $ pip install cmake>=3.26,<=3.30 wheel packaging ninja "setuptools-scm>=8" numpy
     $ pip install -v -r requirements-cpu.txt --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
 
 - Finally, build and install vLLM CPU backend: 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c8c46cc8621e..3be401daa44c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 # Should be mirrored in requirements-build.txt
 requires = [
-    "cmake>=3.26",
+    "cmake>=3.26,<=3.30",
     "ninja",
     "packaging",
     "setuptools>=61",
diff --git a/requirements-build.txt b/requirements-build.txt
index fec01caaf25ef..64b92861df25d 100644
--- a/requirements-build.txt
+++ b/requirements-build.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Should be mirrored in pyproject.toml
-cmake>=3.26
+cmake>=3.26,<=3.30
 ninja
 packaging
 setuptools>=61
diff --git a/requirements-tpu.txt b/requirements-tpu.txt
index f9a0770804e55..94a3225dcf479 100644
--- a/requirements-tpu.txt
+++ b/requirements-tpu.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -r requirements-common.txt
 
 # Dependencies for TPU
-cmake>=3.26
+cmake>=3.26,<=3.30
 ninja
 packaging
 setuptools-scm>=8
diff --git a/requirements-xpu.txt b/requirements-xpu.txt
index e41295792283f..479cb4bb18484 100644
--- a/requirements-xpu.txt
+++ b/requirements-xpu.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -r requirements-common.txt
 
 ray >= 2.9
-cmake>=3.26
+cmake>=3.26,<=3.30
 ninja
 packaging
 setuptools-scm>=8