diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8256b4cf5..a22596b1b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2)
 
 set(catkin_EXTRAS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)