diff --git a/CMakeL10n.txt b/CMakeL10n.txt
index ff5d79292af..d21ab815c3a 100644
--- a/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
+
+##### set project version ########################
+
+include( TDEVersion )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION ${TDE_CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION} )
 
 
 ##### include our cmake modules #################
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fa1efdeac11..e0f052fb4f2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
+
+##### set project version ########################
+
+include( TDEVersion )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION ${TDE_CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION} )
+tde_set_project_version( )
 
 
 ##### general package setup #####################
@@ -27,11 +32,6 @@ include( FindPkgConfig ) # required for find_package( TDE )
 include( TDEMacros )
 
 
-##### set version number ########################
-
-tde_set_project_version( )
-
-
 ##### find required stuff #######################
 
 find_package( TDE )
diff --git a/template/commonCMakeLists.txt b/template/commonCMakeLists.txt
index 1d4214efddd..259c326bf87 100644
--- a/template/commonCMakeLists.txt
+++ b/template/commonCMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
+
+##### set project version ########################
+
+include( TDEVersion )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION ${TDE_CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION} )
+tde_set_project_version( )
 
 
 ##### general package setup #####################