diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 90be40b..01966ae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2)
 project(mstch)
 option (WITH_UNIT_TESTS "enable building unit test executable" OFF)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad4d30a..1fb89ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Output:
    - clang 3.4.2, 3.5
    - MSVC 2013
  - Boost 1.54+ for [Boost.Variant](http://www.boost.org/libs/variant)
- - CMake 2.8+ for building
+ - CMake 3.0+ for building
 
 ## Installing