diff --git a/source/lmp/plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/source/lmp/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index f912059261..13da3d7114 100644
--- a/source/lmp/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/lmp/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@ if(DEFINED LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT OR DEFINED LAMMPS_VERSION)
   message(STATUS "enable LAMMPS plugin mode")
   add_library(lammps_interface INTERFACE)
   if(DEFINED LAMMPS_VERSION)
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
     include(FetchContent)
     FetchContent_Declare(
       lammps_download
       GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/lammps/lammps
       GIT_TAG ${LAMMPS_VERSION})
-    FetchContent_GetProperties(lammps_download)
-    if(NOT lammps_download_POPULATED)
-      FetchContent_Populate(lammps_download)
-      set(LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT ${lammps_download_SOURCE_DIR})
-    endif()
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(lammps_download)
+    set(LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT ${lammps_download_SOURCE_DIR})
   endif()
   set(LAMMPS_HEADER_DIR ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT}/src)
   message(STATUS "LAMMPS_HEADER_DIR is ${LAMMPS_HEADER_DIR}")