diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c6fe65..601251e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
 project(benoni VERSION 0.0.1 LANGUAGES CXX DESCRIPTION "Networking library")
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")