diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0aac3a..ee43739 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.18)
 
 project(whisper.cpp VERSION 1.0.4)