diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 430196b0be..6595266623 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # vim:noexpandtab:
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 project(PPSSPP)
 enable_testing()
 
diff --git a/ext/at3_standalone/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/at3_standalone/CMakeLists.txt
index 80a237b3de..ced9df1024 100644
--- a/ext/at3_standalone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/at3_standalone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.2.0)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.16)
 project (at3_standalone)
 
 set(SRC_DIR .)
diff --git a/ext/minimp3/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/minimp3/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f1b86afe5..4b347f3509 100644
--- a/ext/minimp3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/minimp3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.2.0)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.16)
 project (minimp3)
 
 set(SRC_DIR .)
diff --git a/ext/native/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/native/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 168067fd0a..2f939d89c1 100644
--- a/ext/native/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/native/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16))
 project(Tools)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)