diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 998e194..30c6036 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Basic project setup
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12.4)
 project(cpp-statsd-client
         VERSION 1.0.2
         LANGUAGES CXX