diff --git a/src/window.cpp b/src/window.cpp
index 1ab8e1e..718a746 100644
--- a/src/window.cpp
+++ b/src/window.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ void Window::set_menu_actions() {
       // Depending on default_build_management_system, generate build configuration
       if(Config::get().project.default_build_management_system == "cmake") {
         build_config_path = project_path / "CMakeLists.txt";
-        build_config = "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)\n\nproject(" + project_name + ")\n\nset(CMAKE_C_FLAGS \"${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra\")\n\nadd_executable(" + project_name + " main.c)\n";
+        build_config = "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)\n\nproject(" + project_name + ")\n\nset(CMAKE_C_FLAGS \"${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra\")\n\nadd_executable(" + project_name + " main.c)\n";
       }
       else if(Config::get().project.default_build_management_system == "meson") {
         build_config_path = project_path / "meson.build";
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ void Window::set_menu_actions() {
       // Depending on default_build_management_system, generate build configuration
       if(Config::get().project.default_build_management_system == "cmake") {
         build_config_path = project_path / "CMakeLists.txt";
-        build_config = "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)\n\nproject(" + project_name + ")\n\nset(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS \"${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++1y -Wall -Wextra\")\n\nadd_executable(" + project_name + " main.cpp)\n";
+        build_config = "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)\n\nproject(" + project_name + ")\n\nset(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS \"${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++1y -Wall -Wextra\")\n\nadd_executable(" + project_name + " main.cpp)\n";
       }
       else if(Config::get().project.default_build_management_system == "meson") {
         build_config_path = project_path / "meson.build";