diff --git a/common/install_conda.sh b/common/install_conda.sh
index 9bb4e3d21..bd0607525 100644
--- a/common/install_conda.sh
+++ b/common/install_conda.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ chmod +x  Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
 bash ./Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b -p /opt/conda
 rm Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
 export PATH=/opt/conda/bin:$PATH
-# cmake-3.22.1 from conda, same as the one used by PyTorch CI. The system cmake
-# is too old to build triton
-conda install -y conda-build anaconda-client git ninja cmake=3.22.1
+# The cmake version here needs to match with the minimum version of cmake
+# supported by PyTorch (3.18). There is only 3.18.2 on anaconda
+conda install -y conda-build anaconda-client git ninja cmake=3.18.2
 conda remove -y --force patchelf
diff --git a/manywheel/Dockerfile b/manywheel/Dockerfile
index 112716c98..5ccb5d200 100644
--- a/manywheel/Dockerfile
+++ b/manywheel/Dockerfile
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ RUN wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm &
     rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm && \
     rm -f epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
 
-# cmake-3.22.1 from pip, same as the one used by PyTorch CI. cmake-3.18.4 is
-# too old to build triton now
+# cmake-3.18.4 from pip
 RUN yum install -y python3-pip && \
-    python3 -mpip install cmake==3.22.1 && \
+    python3 -mpip install cmake==3.18.4 && \
     ln -s /usr/local/bin/cmake /usr/bin/cmake
 
 RUN yum install -y autoconf aclocal automake make