diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 14c6950f2..3193e3936 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Misc/cmake/ExtractVersion.cmake)
 project(ironwail VERSION ${IRONWAIL_VERSION})