diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 722818a4e3c4297610512661c873ce880a562fbd..fca00820a9ad62ec03fe638f01a811c975532f85 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
 include(TestBigEndian) # Needed for endianness tests
 
 set(LKT_VERSION 2.4)