diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b397193..576979e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CMakeLists files in this project can
 # refer to the root source directory of the project as ${SOES_SOURCE_DIR} and
 # to the root binary directory of the project as ${SOES_BINARY_DIR}.
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.4)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 project (SOES)