diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 7ed4ff20..a6a9cfec 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 In order to build libssh, you need to install several components:
 
 - A C compiler
-- [CMake](https://www.cmake.org) >= 3.5.0
+- [CMake](https://www.cmake.org) >= 3.12.0
 - [libz](https://www.zlib.net) >= 1.2
 - [openssl](https://www.openssl.org) >= 1.1.1
 or