diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4c96a669..37fc91c30 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ build/docker_ci_image:
 patch_duckdb:
 	(find patches/duckdb/* -type f -name '*.patch' -print0 | xargs -0 cat | patch -p1 --forward -d submodules/duckdb) || true
 	(find patches/arrow/* -type f -name '*.patch' -print0 | xargs -0 cat | patch -p1 --forward -d submodules/arrow) || true
+	(find patches/rapidjson/* -type f -name '*.patch' -print0 | xargs -0 cat | patch -p1 --forward -d submodules/rapidjson) || true
 
 apply_patches: patch_duckdb
 
diff --git a/patches/rapidjson/cmake_minimum_required.patch b/patches/rapidjson/cmake_minimum_required.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b436915d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/rapidjson/cmake_minimum_required.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index dd1f173..2351bad 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8.12)
++CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8.12...3.29)
+ if(POLICY CMP0025)
+   # detect Apple's Clang
+   cmake_policy(SET CMP0025 NEW)