diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6af41437..890e495e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # Note: CMake support is community-based. The maintainers do not use CMake
 # internally.
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
-
-if (POLICY CMP0048)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
-endif (POLICY CMP0048)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
 if (POLICY CMP0069)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0069 NEW)
diff --git a/docs/pkgconfig.md b/docs/pkgconfig.md
index 18a2546a..bf05d593 100644
--- a/docs/pkgconfig.md
+++ b/docs/pkgconfig.md
@@ -19,19 +19,15 @@ examples here we assume you want to compile the sample
 Using `pkg-config` in CMake is fairly easy:
 
 ```cmake
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
-
-cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
-project(my_gtest_pkgconfig VERSION 0.0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
-
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 pkg_search_module(GTEST REQUIRED gtest_main)
 
-add_executable(testapp samples/sample3_unittest.cc)
-target_link_libraries(testapp ${GTEST_LDFLAGS})
-target_compile_options(testapp PUBLIC ${GTEST_CFLAGS})
+add_executable(testapp)
+target_sources(testapp PRIVATE samples/sample3_unittest.cc)
+target_link_libraries(testapp PRIVATE ${GTEST_LDFLAGS})
+target_compile_options(testapp PRIVATE ${GTEST_CFLAGS})
 
-include(CTest)
+enable_testing()
 add_test(first_and_only_test testapp)
 ```
 
diff --git a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c1f0daf..5833d20c 100644
--- a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ endif()
 # as ${gmock_SOURCE_DIR} and to the root binary directory as
 # ${gmock_BINARY_DIR}.
 # Language "C" is required for find_package(Threads).
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
-cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(gmock VERSION ${GOOGLETEST_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 if (COMMAND set_up_hermetic_build)
diff --git a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
index d06c1479..e76b8c8a 100644
--- a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Project version:
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
-cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(gtest VERSION ${GOOGLETEST_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 if (POLICY CMP0063) # Visibility