diff --git a/cmake/exiv2Config.cmake.in b/cmake/exiv2Config.cmake.in
index 826fd94b0d..e5809ac3eb 100644
--- a/cmake/exiv2Config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/exiv2Config.cmake.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @PACKAGE_INIT@
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16.3)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 
 if(@EXIV2_ENABLE_PNG@) # if(EXIV2_ENABLE_PNG)