diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index 5de7fae1..997bc2d1 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function(spdlog_enable_warnings target_name)
     target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE
         $<$<OR:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>>:
             -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -pedantic -Wfatal-errors>
-        $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/W4>)
+        $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/W3>)
 		if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER  1900)  #Allow non fatal security wanrnings for msvc 2015
 			target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE /WX)
 		endif()