diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0436f5b259..8fe6cc69e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 project(
     TDengine
diff --git a/cmake/cmake.define b/cmake/cmake.define
index a8bab17aba..5637c666b9 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake.define
+++ b/cmake/cmake.define
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE OFF)
 
diff --git a/cmake/cmake.platform b/cmake/cmake.platform
index 0312f92a5b..acf17e9427 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake.platform
+++ b/cmake/cmake.platform
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 MESSAGE("Current system is ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")