diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ba50f70..44e08edb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.0)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
 
 # Specify search path for CMake modules to be loaded by include()
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 7ba53c50..2c457f4b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 In order to build libssh, you need to install several components:
 
 - A C compiler
-- [CMake](https://www.cmake.org) >= 3.3.0
+- [CMake](https://www.cmake.org) >= 3.5.0
 - [openssl](https://www.openssl.org) >= 1.0.1
 or
 - [gcrypt](https://www.gnu.org/directory/Security/libgcrypt.html) >= 1.4