diff --git a/cmake/fix_capstone_policy.cmake b/cmake/fix_capstone_policy.cmake
index 3d7a3ca4bc..fa8a1dd160 100644
--- a/cmake/fix_capstone_policy.cmake
+++ b/cmake/fix_capstone_policy.cmake
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Patches capstone's CMakeLists.txt for compatibility with CMake >= 4.0:
+#   - Bumps cmake_minimum_required to 3.10 (CMake >= 4.0 dropped < 3.5 support; < 3.10 warns)
 #   - Removes cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 OLD) (rejected by CMake >= 3.27)
-#   - Bumps cmake_minimum_required to 3.5 (CMake >= 4.0 dropped < 3.5 support)
 file(READ "${DIR}/CMakeLists.txt" _content)
-string(REPLACE
-    "cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 OLD)"
-    "# cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 OLD)"
+string(REGEX REPLACE
+    "cmake_minimum_required[ \t]*\\([ \t]*VERSION[ \t]+[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?[ \t]*\\)"
+    "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)"
     _content "${_content}")
 string(REGEX REPLACE
-    "cmake_minimum_required\\(VERSION [0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?\\)"
-    "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)"
+    "cmake_policy[ \t]*\\([ \t]*SET[ \t]+CMP0048[ \t]+OLD[ \t]*\\)"
+    "# cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 OLD)"
     _content "${_content}")
 file(WRITE "${DIR}/CMakeLists.txt" "${_content}")