diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index dd08d31..7f364a7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
 project("Pangolin")
 set(PANGOLIN_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(PANGOLIN_VERSION_MINOR 5)
 set(PANGOLIN_VERSION ${PANGOLIN_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PANGOLIN_VERSION_MINOR})