diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1a999371..1020cfcdd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
 
 project(Cxbx-Reloaded)
 
diff --git a/projects/imgui/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/imgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e3fbb765..1918fdd18 100644
--- a/projects/imgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/imgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
 project(imgui LANGUAGES CXX)
 # Since imgui doesn't have CMake, we'll make an interface project here.
 
diff --git a/projects/libtom/crypt/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/libtom/crypt/CMakeLists.txt
index d922f60ca..6097bb4bc 100644
--- a/projects/libtom/crypt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/libtom/crypt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
 project(libtomcrypt)
 
 # Suppress extra stuff from generated solution
diff --git a/projects/libtom/math/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/libtom/math/CMakeLists.txt
index 623cc7012..6413b19d0 100644
--- a/projects/libtom/math/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/libtom/math/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
 project(libtommath)
 
 # Suppress extra stuff from generated solution
diff --git a/projects/libusb/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
index fb9a71fef..c36729f18 100644
--- a/projects/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/libusb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
 project(libusb LANGUAGES CXX)
 # Since libusb doesn't have CMake, we'll make an interface project here.
 
diff --git a/src/CxbxDebugger/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CxbxDebugger/CMakeLists.txt
index 947c7e425..c620402be 100644
--- a/src/CxbxDebugger/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CxbxDebugger/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
 project(cxbxr-debugger LANGUAGES CSharp)
 
 # Output all binary files into one folder