diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c8f6ac288ecd44f422c38ecdd6d5c03a26d24283..a29f72f9be56f3aef7bbc75644062bb340c37aa2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightInfo: Copyright © DuMux-Lecture contributors, see AUTHORS.md in root folder
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-#set up project
-project("dumux-lecture" C CXX)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-# general stuff
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
+project("dumux-lecture" C CXX)
 
 if(NOT (dune-common_DIR
         OR dune-common_ROOT