diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f8c7db390e54c4807e2b096eb09d48ae7690afb1..e8172b7f0302d6794c9ab510d6d3f487d4e0fc26 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 project("dune-common" C CXX)
 
 # general stuff
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
 # make sure our own modules are found
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")