diff --git a/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_plaincpp/CMakeLists.txt b/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_plaincpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 0977e5931b..5e4331c4ff 100644
--- a/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_plaincpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app_templates/cpp/CMake/cmake_plaincpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+
 project(%{APPNAMELC})
 
 add_executable(%{APPNAMELC} main.cpp)
 
 install(TARGETS %{APPNAMELC} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)