diff --git a/0001-change-external-project-to-local-package.patch b/0001-change-external-project-to-local-package.patch
index 151054d01ad53648f9552a66f0580d0e6bdfbcbe..da9b9e1565d43ed0a1c311fbde754c0de98eddb7 100644
--- a/0001-change-external-project-to-local-package.patch
+++ b/0001-change-external-project-to-local-package.patch
@@ -40,18 +40,19 @@ diff --git a/third_party/nlohmann_json/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/nlohmann_jso
 index c4ec891..7e57f1d 100644
 --- a/third_party/nlohmann_json/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/third_party/nlohmann_json/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -9,13 +9,9 @@ else ()
+@@ -9,13 +9,9 @@
      include(ExternalProject)
      ExternalProject_Add(nlohmann_json_dependency
              URL
 -                https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.10.5.tar.gz
-+		${DEPEND_PATH}/json-3.10.5.tar.gz
++                ${DEPEND_PATH}/json-3.11.3.tar.gz
              URL_HASH
-                 MD5=5b946f7d892fa55eabec45e76a20286b
+-                MD5=5b946f7d892fa55eabec45e76a20286b
 -            DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS
 -                1
 -            UPDATE_COMMAND
 -                ""
++                MD5=d603041cbc6051edbaa02ebb82cf0aa9
              LOG_CONFIGURE
                  1
              LOG_BUILD
diff --git a/Bear.spec b/Bear.spec
index 969c40eefad9563dff5b5aa692e8f17cd4a4de4d..1e29cd5132179e6e118a2da72c3ef7c23b1381e6 100644
--- a/Bear.spec
+++ b/Bear.spec
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 %bcond_with tests
 Name:           Bear
 Version:        3.0.20
-Release:        5
+Release:        6
 Summary:        Tool to generate compilation database for clang tooling
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 URL:            https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        googletest-release-1.12.1.tar.gz
 Source2:        fmt-9.0.0.tar.gz
-Source3:        json-3.10.5.tar.gz
+Source3:        json-3.11.3.tar.gz
 Source4:        spdlog-1.10.0.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  bash-completion
 BuildRequires:  gcc, gcc-c++, make
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc
 %{_libdir}/bear/
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 02 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 3.0.20-6
+- update json third_party dependencies for build with cmake 4.0
+
 * Wed Nov 13 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 3.0.20-5
 - adopt to new cmake macro
 
diff --git a/json-3.10.5.tar.gz b/json-3.11.3.tar.gz
similarity index 47%
rename from json-3.10.5.tar.gz
rename to json-3.11.3.tar.gz
index 3c106def5b9b7a4c01f66a823c18261982836952..c66a790230d35748e84f9aa32c28b85e7c3c43a3 100644
Binary files a/json-3.10.5.tar.gz and b/json-3.11.3.tar.gz differ