diff --git a/applications/plugins/SofaMatrix/CMakeLists.txt b/applications/plugins/SofaMatrix/CMakeLists.txt
index d0a7772eb49..e128c75149d 100644
--- a/applications/plugins/SofaMatrix/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/applications/plugins/SofaMatrix/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ sofa_find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
 # - >= 5.2.1
 # - EXACT 5.1.0
 # Versions newer than 5.1 and older than 5.2.1 are known to be broken
-find_package(metis 5.2.1 QUIET)
+find_package(metis 5.1.0 EXACT QUIET)
 if(NOT metis_FOUND AND SOFA_ALLOW_FETCH_DEPENDENCIES)
     message("${PROJECT_NAME}: DEPENDENCY metis NOT FOUND. SOFA_ALLOW_FETCH_DEPENDENCIES is ON, fetching metis...")
     sofa_fetch_dependency(metis
             GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/sofa-framework/METIS
-            GIT_TAG v5.2.1-ModernInstall
+            GIT_TAG v5.1.0-ModernInstall
     )
 elseif (NOT metis_FOUND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "${PROJECT_NAME}: DEPENDENCY metis NOT FOUND. SOFA_ALLOW_FETCH_DEPENDENCIES is OFF and thus cannot be fetched. Install metis (version=5.2.1), or enable SOFA_ALLOW_FETCH_DEPENDENCIES to fix this issue.")