diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bb1733698a2559679b7a8305e45ad2a2e84a4fb0..a59e0889dbadcd72f28c5da485c74aeba5320d79 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 project("dune-geometry" C CXX)
 
 # general stuff
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
 if(NOT (dune-common_DIR OR dune-common_ROOT OR
         "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" MATCHES ".*dune-common.*"))