diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e6f04dd152..5e67e467f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # CMAKE project for openrct2
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 if (CMAKE_BINARY_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Building in-source is not supported! Create a build dir and remove ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt")
 endif()
diff --git a/src/openrct2-cli/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openrct2-cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 89972ec2e2..383961133a 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openrct2-cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # CMAKE project for openrct2-cli (CLI-only build of OpenRCT2)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 if (CMAKE_BINARY_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Building in-source is not supported! Create a build dir and remove ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt")
 endif ()
diff --git a/src/openrct2-ui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openrct2-ui/CMakeLists.txt
index c99b7cb26c..cb5b639405 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openrct2-ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # CMAKE project for openrct2-ui (UI build of OpenRCT2)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 if (CMAKE_BINARY_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Building in-source is not supported! Create a build dir and remove ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt")
 endif ()
diff --git a/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
index 7953ed295d..6a0af049f2 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # CMAKE project for libopenrct2 (core OpenRCT2 component)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 if (CMAKE_BINARY_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Building in-source is not supported! Create a build dir and remove ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt")
 endif ()