diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c7ca27f0..59e4af5f 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 3.5)
 
 project(cJSON
     VERSION 1.7.19