diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e200a4fff..7f46513c8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project("llama.cpp" C CXX)
 
 if (NOT XCODE AND NOT MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)