diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6861e36e..52bd3ab6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2019 spdlog authors Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
-
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.11)
-    cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
-else()
-    cmake_policy(VERSION 3.11)
-endif()
-
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 enable_language(C)
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
index de4d6d14..bac67440 100644
--- a/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2019 spdlog authors Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(spdlog_bench CXX)
 
 if(NOT TARGET spdlog)
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 10af4300..dec90d9c 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2019 spdlog authors Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(spdlog_examples CXX)
 
 if(NOT TARGET spdlog)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 790c8393..d4df2a68 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
-
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(spdlog_utests CXX)
 
 if (NOT TARGET spdlog)