diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ecaf43ba..be8103614 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ if(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Prevented in-tree build. Please create a build directory outside of the SDL source code and run \"cmake -S ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} -B .\" from there")
 endif()
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11.0)
 project(SDL2 C CXX)
 
 if(WINDOWS_STORE)
-  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11)
   add_definitions(-DSDL_BUILDING_WINRT=1 -ZW)
 endif()