diff --git a/cmake/adios2-config-install.cmake.in b/cmake/adios2-config-install.cmake.in
index 86d3ef64ef..a0d6cf1def 100644
--- a/cmake/adios2-config-install.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/adios2-config-install.cmake.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 
 set(_ADIOS2_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
 list(INSERT CMAKE_MODULE_PATH 0 "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}")
diff --git a/cmake/install/post/adios2-config-dummy/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/install/post/adios2-config-dummy/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b31c5c911..83db648edd 100644
--- a/cmake/install/post/adios2-config-dummy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/install/post/adios2-config-dummy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 
 project(adios2-config-dummy C CXX)