diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc1e23d1dd..f9a5e88ee0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 # Author: laurent THOMAS, Lionel GAUTHIER
 
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.16)
 project (OpenAirInterface LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
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