diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index da19424..8a962b0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12.4)
 
 project(argparse
         VERSION 1.0.0