diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36a6cb57..13b02175 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.0)
 
 project(cJSON
     VERSION 1.7.18