diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d59c11d2b9fbb1ab80207c90457607b261cf2a8..93d37b571b1ddbc536b4ca70203ce8a619397507 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 
 # === Preamble ===
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project( "GeoModel" VERSION 1.0.0 LANGUAGES CXX )
 # enable_testing()