diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin developers
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
 set(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE
 	"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/OverrideInitFlags.cmake"
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin developers
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project(bitcoind)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
diff --git a/src/leveldb/CMakeLists.txt b/src/leveldb/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/leveldb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/leveldb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors.
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(Leveldb VERSION 0.1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 # This project can take advantage of C++11.
diff --git a/src/secp256k1/CMakeLists.txt b/src/secp256k1/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/secp256k1/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/secp256k1/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin developers
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(secp256k1 LANGUAGES C)
 
 # Add path for custom modules when building as a standalone project
diff --git a/src/univalue/CMakeLists.txt b/src/univalue/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/univalue/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/univalue/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin developers
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(univalue)
 
 option(UNIVALUE_BUILD_TESTS "Build univalue's unit tests" ON)