diff --git a/cmake/miniupnpc.cmake b/cmake/miniupnpc.cmake
index c743721ff..44565a58a 100644
--- a/cmake/miniupnpc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/miniupnpc.cmake
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/miniupnp/libnatpmp.git
     GIT_TAG master
     GIT_SHALLOW ON
+    PATCH_COMMAND git apply ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/cmake-patches/libnatpmp.patch
+    UPDATE_DISCONNECTED TRUE
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(libnatpmp)
 
diff --git a/ext/cmake-patches/libnatpmp.patch b/ext/cmake-patches/libnatpmp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b1495707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/cmake-patches/libnatpmp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 16af4aa..1eb89f7 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+ 
+-file(STRINGS VERSION PVER)
++set(PVER "20120821")
+ 
+ project(natpmp
+         LANGUAGES C
+diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
+deleted file mode 100644
+index 2ed7994..0000000
+--- a/VERSION
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1 +0,0 @@
+-20120821