diff --git a/pycode/memilio-generation/CMakeLists.txt b/pycode/memilio-generation/CMakeLists.txt
index c14e703e82..5259ed57d6 100644
--- a/pycode/memilio-generation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pycode/memilio-generation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(memilio-python)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs) # set to gnu folders. No cache variable so this is not global
diff --git a/pycode/memilio-simulation/CMakeLists.txt b/pycode/memilio-simulation/CMakeLists.txt
index e0ce008820..04f4137ca8 100644
--- a/pycode/memilio-simulation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pycode/memilio-simulation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(memilio-python)
 
 option(MEMILIO_USE_BUNDLED_PYBIND11 "Use pybind11 bundled with this library." ON)