diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b0b6fc884..3eba95808 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED (VERSION 2.8.12)
-
-IF ((CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.1) OR
-    (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.1))
-    CMAKE_POLICY(SET CMP0054 NEW)
-ENDIF ()
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED (VERSION 3.5)
+CMAKE_POLICY(SET CMP0060 OLD)
 
 OPTION (MSGPACK_BUILD_TESTS "Build msgpack tests." OFF)
 OPTION (MSGPACK_GEN_COVERAGE "Enable running gcov to get a test coverage report." OFF)
@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ IF (BIGENDIAN)
     SET(MSGPACK_ENDIAN_LITTLE_BYTE 0)
 ELSE ()
     SET(MSGPACK_ENDIAN_BIG_BYTE 0)
-        SET(MSGPACK_ENDIAN_LITTLE_BYTE 1)
+    SET(MSGPACK_ENDIAN_LITTLE_BYTE 1)
 ENDIF ()
 
 CONFIGURE_FILE (
diff --git a/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index cdd65fd3b..d14424ac3 100644
--- a/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.5)
 project (example)
 
 if(EXAMPLE_MSGPACK_EMBEDDED)