diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 965e8438ec837bf8fd1ba57d0ed1a23b9a90decd..20324b0c54119e95af7d532ab32ad82d0be1a1c7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #  @date 2017-04-26
 #
 ###
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project (HQR C)
 
 # Check if compiled independently or within another project