diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f87f424e..6406dc247 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 project(jwt-cpp-examples)
 
 if(NOT TARGET jwt-cpp)
diff --git a/example/traits/CMakeLists.txt b/example/traits/CMakeLists.txt
index 4734fabc7..9ee8d658b 100644
--- a/example/traits/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/traits/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 project(jwt-cpp-traits)
 
 if(NOT TARGET jwt-cpp)
diff --git a/tests/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 500e05c68..40d9791dc 100644
--- a/tests/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 project(jwt-cpp-installation-tests)
 
 set(TEST CACHE STRING "The test source file to be used")