diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
index 51577ce411..592cd75bff 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <osg/BlendFunc>
 #include <osg/AlphaFunc>
 #include <osg/PolygonOffset>
+#include <osg/Version>
 #include <osg/observer_ptr>
 
 #include <osgParticle/BoxPlacer>
@@ -558,19 +559,25 @@ private:
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::OcclusionQueryNode> oqn = new osg::OcclusionQueryNode;
         oqn->setQueriesEnabled(true);
 
+#if OSG_VERSION_GREATER_OR_EQUAL(3, 6, 5)
+        // With OSG 3.6.5, the method of providing user defined query geometry has been completely replaced
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::QueryGeometry> queryGeom = new osg::QueryGeometry(oqn->getName());
+#else
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::QueryGeometry> queryGeom = oqn->getQueryGeometry();
+#endif
+
         // Make it fast! A DYNAMIC query geometry means we can't break frame until the flare is rendered (which is rendered after all the other geometry,
         // so that would be pretty bad). STATIC should be safe, since our node's local bounds are static, thus computeBounds() which modifies the queryGeometry
         // is only called once.
         // Note the debug geometry setDebugDisplay(true) is always DYNAMIC and that can't be changed, not a big deal.
-        oqn->getQueryGeometry()->setDataVariance(osg::Object::STATIC);
+        queryGeom->setDataVariance(osg::Object::STATIC);
 
         // Set up the query geometry to match the actual sun's rendering shape. osg::OcclusionQueryNode wasn't originally intended to allow this,
         // normally it would automatically adjust the query geometry to match the sub graph's bounding box. The below hack is needed to
         // circumvent this.
-        osg::Geometry* queryGeom = oqn->getQueryGeometry();
         queryGeom->setVertexArray(mGeom->getVertexArray());
         queryGeom->setTexCoordArray(0, mGeom->getTexCoordArray(0), osg::Array::BIND_PER_VERTEX);
-        queryGeom->removePrimitiveSet(0, oqn->getQueryGeometry()->getNumPrimitiveSets());
+        queryGeom->removePrimitiveSet(0, queryGeom->getNumPrimitiveSets());
         queryGeom->addPrimitiveSet(mGeom->getPrimitiveSet(0));
 
         // Hack to disable unwanted awful code inside OcclusionQueryNode::computeBound.
@@ -578,6 +585,10 @@ private:
         // Still need a proper bounding sphere.
         oqn->setInitialBound(queryGeom->getBound());
 
+#if OSG_VERSION_GREATER_OR_EQUAL(3, 6, 5)
+        oqn->setQueryGeometry(queryGeom.release());
+#endif
+
         osg::StateSet* queryStateSet = new osg::StateSet;
         if (queryVisible)
         {