diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 03894320066b2f06649b9c3e8228d6b4fcea86e0..20739bda0487b03968b1c27166b5a89765b5b0cf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-# cmake options:
-#
-#       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install
-
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.30 FATAL_ERROR )
 
 project(libcdi VERSION 2.4.0 LANGUAGES C )
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)