diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e10a8a3d161..bf76d97cddf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project(torchvision)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 set(TORCHVISION_VERSION 0.7.0)