diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8445adff5cc49c87da01b6781e18bdbf25046d25..729f9eda40700f83448fae7f4532a89e6c6db516 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.30 FATAL_ERROR )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.27 FATAL_ERROR )
 
 message(VERBOSE "Entering libcdi")
 project(libcdi VERSION 2.5.1 LANGUAGES C )