--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 #
 
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
 project(Wireshark C CXX)
 
 # Updated by make-version.pl
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 	# Needed for GREATER_EQUAL operator
 	cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
 else()
-	cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.8)
+	cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
 endif()
 
 # Needs to be set after cmake_minimum_required or cmake_policy(VERSION)