diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4e025503..4d193f4d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 ## Author: Hank Anderson <hank@statease.com>
 ##
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.5)
-
-cmake_policy(SET CMP0042 NEW)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16.0)
 
 project(OpenBLAS C ASM)