diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c2ad205c2b732..90c1410a681d9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # For the licensing terms see $ROOTSYS/LICENSE.
 # For the list of contributors see $ROOTSYS/README/CREDITS.
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.23 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 if(WIN32)
   # Set CMP0091 (MSVC runtime library flags are selected by an abstraction) to OLD