diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c926279d8..1930a7c90a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CMakeLists.txt for GnuCash
 
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.16)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.14.5)
 
 project (gnucash
     VERSION 5.3