diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 336dff9..8b8a853 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.10 )
 project( tint2 )
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.8.5 )
 
 option( ENABLE_BATTERY "Enable battery status plugin" ON )
 option( ENABLE_TINT2CONF "Enable tint2conf build, a GTK+3 theme configurator for tint2" ON )
diff --git a/src/tint2conf/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tint2conf/CMakeLists.txt
index 747b9ac..cbe13bb 100644
--- a/src/tint2conf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tint2conf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 project(tint2conf)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
 
 include( FindPkgConfig )
 pkg_check_modules( X11_T2C REQUIRED x11 xcomposite xdamage xinerama xrender xrandr>=1.3 )