diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f46ee062a6763bef551a7fe687a11e923ee5b053..a0dd9db49a59b1c363109d406214a3a537a5336f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Pre-requisites about cmake itself
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.4)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.16)
 
 if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0005 NEW)