diff --git a/builtins/cfitsio/CMakeLists.txt b/builtins/cfitsio/CMakeLists.txt
index d1ba42abf1f3f..43f54413f86ba 100644
--- a/builtins/cfitsio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/builtins/cfitsio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
   URL https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/cfitsio-${CFITSIO_VERSION}.tar.gz
   URL_HASH SHA256=95900cf95ae760839e7cb9678a7b2fad0858d6ac12234f934bd1cb6bfc246ba9
   CMAKE_ARGS -G ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
+             -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
              -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
              -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CFITSIO_C_FLAGS}
              -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
diff --git a/builtins/davix/CMakeLists.txt b/builtins/davix/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f64ec64314cf..7dfdce7bcf4bb 100644
--- a/builtins/davix/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/builtins/davix/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(DAVIX
     -DLIBXML2_LIBRARY:PATH=${LIBXML2_LIBRARY}
     -DLIBXML2_LIBRARIES:STRING=${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES}
   CMAKE_ARGS
+    -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
     -DENABLE_HTML_DOCS=OFF
diff --git a/builtins/pcre/CMakeLists.txt b/builtins/pcre/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bd7996d4f2ab..32248c1e9bd3d 100644
--- a/builtins/pcre/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/builtins/pcre/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endif()
 
 ExternalProject_Add(PCRE
   URL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pcre-${PCRE_VERSION}.tar.bz2
-  URL_HASH SHA256=91e762520003013834ac1adb4a938d53b22a216341c061b0cf05603b290faf6b
+  URL_HASH SHA256=f1026a7f455b8ba726d6fff94d5f989e55ad55f7b4eb946938803ac2aa41743c
 
   LOG_DOWNLOAD  TRUE
   LOG_CONFIGURE TRUE
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(PCRE
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=FALSE
     -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=TRUE
+    -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM:STRING=3.5
+    -DPCRE_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=FALSE
 
   BUILD_COMMAND
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build <BINARY_DIR> ${pcre_config} --target pcre
diff --git a/builtins/pcre/pcre-8.43.tar.bz2 b/builtins/pcre/pcre-8.43.tar.bz2
index e20c601f71691..a4aa0621b2c56 100644
Binary files a/builtins/pcre/pcre-8.43.tar.bz2 and b/builtins/pcre/pcre-8.43.tar.bz2 differ
diff --git a/builtins/zeromq/libzmq/CMakeLists.txt b/builtins/zeromq/libzmq/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b803482b5605..821efa43382e5 100644
--- a/builtins/zeromq/libzmq/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/builtins/zeromq/libzmq/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(BUILTIN_ZeroMQ
     URL ${lcgpackages}/libzmq-7c2df78b49a3aa63e654b3f3526adf71ed091534.tar.gz
     URL_HASH SHA256=fcc1b0648afa5d92e0ff0e6e93beb28cbbe008a5f98c228ff97144ba6e4a6c3e
     CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib
         -DWITH_PERF_TOOL=OFF
diff --git a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
index 00360ecbae9ae..215eb93b96e72 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ if(builtin_freetype)
       INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
       CMAKE_ARGS -G ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
                  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} -DFT_DISABLE_BZIP2=TRUE
+                 -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
       BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . ${FREETYPE_EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS}
       INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${FREETYPE_LIB_DIR}/${freetypelib} ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY}
       LOG_DOWNLOAD 1 LOG_CONFIGURE 1 LOG_BUILD 1 LOG_INSTALL 1 BUILD_IN_SOURCE 0
@@ -1289,6 +1290,7 @@ if(builtin_tbb)
     URL_HASH SHA256=${tbb_sha256}
     INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     CMAKE_ARGS -G ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
+               -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
                -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
                -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
                -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${ROOT_EXTERNAL_CXX_FLAGS}
@@ -1363,6 +1365,7 @@ if(vc AND NOT Vc_FOUND)
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${Vc_LIBRARY}
     LOG_DOWNLOAD 1 LOG_CONFIGURE 1 LOG_BUILD 1 LOG_INSTALL 1
     CMAKE_ARGS -G ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
+               -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
                -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
                -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
                -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
@@ -1542,6 +1545,7 @@ if(vdt OR builtin_vdt)
       URL_HASH SHA256=1820feae446780763ec8bbb60a0dbcf3ae1ee548bdd01415b1fb905fd4f90c54
       INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
       CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
         -DSSE=OFF # breaks on ARM without this
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
         -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}