diff --git a/Meta/CMake/wasm_spec_tests.cmake b/Meta/CMake/wasm_spec_tests.cmake
index 05f3154b1a..93f152223d 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/wasm_spec_tests.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/wasm_spec_tests.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ if(INCLUDE_WASM_SPEC_TESTS)
     if(EXISTS ${WASM_SPEC_TEST_GZ_PATH} AND NOT EXISTS ${WASM_SPEC_TEST_PATH})
         message(STATUS "Extracting the WebAssembly testsuite from ${WASM_SPEC_TEST_GZ_PATH}...")
         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${WASM_SPEC_TEST_PATH})
-        execute_process(COMMAND "${TAR_TOOL}" -xzf ${WASM_SPEC_TEST_GZ_PATH})
+        if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.18.0)
+            execute_process(COMMAND "${TAR_TOOL}" -xzf ${WASM_SPEC_TEST_GZ_PATH})
+        else()
+            file(ARCHIVE_EXTRACT INPUT ${WASM_SPEC_TEST_GZ_PATH} )
+        endif()
         file(GLOB WASM_TESTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/testsuite-main/*.wast")
         foreach(PATH ${WASM_TESTS})
             get_filename_component(NAME ${PATH} NAME_WLE)