diff --git a/third-party/cmake/BuildLuarocks.cmake b/third-party/cmake/BuildLuarocks.cmake
index 79d7e83ce7..5910e430b0 100644
--- a/third-party/cmake/BuildLuarocks.cmake
+++ b/third-party/cmake/BuildLuarocks.cmake
@@ -114,12 +114,18 @@ add_custom_target(lpeg
 list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_DEPS lpeg)
 
 if(USE_BUNDLED_BUSTED)
+  # We can remove the cliargs dependency once the busted version dependency
+  # is fixed.
+  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${HOSTDEPS_LIB_DIR}/luarocks/rocks/lua_cliargs
+    COMMAND ${LUAROCKS_BINARY}
+    ARGS install lua_cliargs 2.5-4
+    DEPENDS luarocks)
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${HOSTDEPS_BIN_DIR}/busted
     COMMAND ${LUAROCKS_BINARY}
-    ARGS build https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Olivine-Labs/busted/v2.0.rc10-0/busted-2.0.rc10-0.rockspec ${LUAROCKS_BUILDARGS}
-    DEPENDS luarocks)
+    ARGS build https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Olivine-Labs/busted/v2.0.rc10-1/busted-2.0.rc10-1.rockspec ${LUAROCKS_BUILDARGS}
+    DEPENDS luarocks ${HOSTDEPS_LIB_DIR}/luarocks/rocks/lua_cliargs)
   add_custom_target(busted
-    DEPENDS ${HOSTDEPS_BIN_DIR}/busted)
+    DEPENDS ${HOSTDEPS_BIN_DIR}/busted ${HOSTDEPS_LIB_DIR}/luarocks/rocks/lua_cliargs)
 
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${HOSTDEPS_LIB_DIR}/luarocks/rocks/nvim-client
     COMMAND ${LUAROCKS_BINARY}