diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4dd4fb6..55efbd9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake
diff --git a/heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt b/heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt
index 05a9e75..38662a5 100644
--- a/heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
 
 project(heimdall-frontend)
 
diff --git a/heimdall/CMakeLists.txt b/heimdall/CMakeLists.txt
index 1548aa5..7ddc561 100644
--- a/heimdall/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/heimdall/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
 
 project(heimdall)
 
diff --git a/libpit/CMakeLists.txt b/libpit/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ba2e50..80f4b4d 100644
--- a/libpit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libpit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
 project(libpit)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=gnu++11")