diff --git a/src/Qir/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Qir/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 5aea1a8065f..378834a938b 100644
--- a/src/Qir/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Qir/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 message(INFO "*** build config: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 
diff --git a/src/Qir/Samples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Qir/Samples/CMakeLists.txt
index c6ebe6ecb69..f1172ecfd24 100644
--- a/src/Qir/Samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Qir/Samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 message(INFO "*** build config: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 
diff --git a/src/Qir/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Qir/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 86083256e05..07b859bfaa9 100644
--- a/src/Qir/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Qir/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 message(INFO "*** build config: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")