diff --git a/cmake/googletest/CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/googletest/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 5e808996..b25167b4 100644
--- a/cmake/googletest/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/googletest/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # from https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/README.md
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 project(googletest-download NONE)