diff --git a/cmake/googletest.CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/googletest.CMakeLists.txt.in
index 8003c2c..5421e9d 100644
--- a/cmake/googletest.CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/googletest.CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.2)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 project(googletest-download NONE)
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ ExternalProject_Add(googletest
   BUILD_COMMAND     ""
   INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
   TEST_COMMAND      ""
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)