diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5df5355..e787ac8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR) # because of CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10 FATAL_ERROR) # because of c++17
 project(athena)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)