diff --git a/recipes/libssh2/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/libssh2/all/conanfile.py
index 693bcb37db269..0a83e1e34ebac 100644
--- a/recipes/libssh2/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/libssh2/all/conanfile.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from conan.tools.scm import Version
 import os
 
-required_conan_version = ">=2.7"
+required_conan_version = ">=2.4"
 
 
 class Libssh2Conan(ConanFile):
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ def requirements(self):
                 self.requires("mbedtls/2.28.4")
 
     def build_requirements(self):
-        self.tool_requires("cmake/[>=3.20 <4]")
+        if Version(self.version) >= "1.11":
+            self.tool_requires("cmake/[>=3.20 <4]")
 
     def source(self):
         get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)