diff --git a/ci/conda_env_cpp.txt b/ci/conda_env_cpp.txt
index fb533144dfb..864b54e8be1 100644
--- a/ci/conda_env_cpp.txt
+++ b/ci/conda_env_cpp.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ boost-cpp>=1.68.0
 brotli
 bzip2
 c-ares
-cmake
+# Required due to the AWS SDK C++ pin
+cmake<3.22
 gflags
 glog
 gmock>=1.10.0