diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e44676f..8d2dd21a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 set (HAVE_CMAKE true)
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 07a5f759..6e55dcc1 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 
 message ("-- Configuring documentation")
 
diff --git a/doc/holidays/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
index daffa3b2..319b75d8 100644
--- a/doc/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/holidays/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 
 message ("-- Configuring holiday documentation")
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/man1/CMakeLists.txt
index 83382d5a..8c34c102 100644
--- a/doc/man1/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/man1/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 
 file (GLOB DOC_SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.1.adoc")
 set (DOC_FILES)
diff --git a/doc/man7/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/man7/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ffcd6bf..e5e7af08 100644
--- a/doc/man7/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/man7/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 
 file (GLOB DOC_SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.7.adoc")
 set (DOC_FILES)
diff --git a/doc/themes/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/themes/CMakeLists.txt
index db438276..c77df91f 100644
--- a/doc/themes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/themes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 
 message ("-- Configuring theme documentation")
 
diff --git a/ext/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/CMakeLists.txt
index 43c57e60..55a6dd2f 100644
--- a/ext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 
 message ("-- Configuring extensions")
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e8888b13..6af73baa 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/commands
diff --git a/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt b/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b857083..aaff9ca7 100644
--- a/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/commands
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 600100ea..6f590ecc 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 
 # This is a work-around for the following CMake issue:
 # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/16062