diff --git a/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
index af3a28c113..ba92c3c55e 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ if(BUILD_PYTHON AND BUILD_pybind11_protobuf)
   list(APPEND CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT "  ")
   FetchContent_Declare(
     pybind11_protobuf
-    GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/pybind/pybind11_protobuf.git"
-    GIT_TAG "main"
-    PATCH_COMMAND git apply --ignore-whitespace "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../patches/pybind11_protobuf.patch"
+    SOURCE_DIR @pybind11_protobuf@
+    PATCH_COMMAND patch -p1 < "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../patches/pybind11_protobuf.patch"
   )
   FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pybind11_protobuf)
   list(POP_BACK CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT)