diff --git a/CMakeL10n.txt b/CMakeL10n.txt
index 9e9ba7fdd61..ff5d79292af 100644
--- a/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.1 )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
 
 
 ##### include our cmake modules #################
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e91b0e64f0b..fa1efdeac11 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.1 )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
 
 
 ##### general package setup #####################
diff --git a/template/commonCMakeLists.txt b/template/commonCMakeLists.txt
index bee9b92b504..1d4214efddd 100644
--- a/template/commonCMakeLists.txt
+++ b/template/commonCMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.1 )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
 
 
 ##### general package setup #####################