diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ec35297e96c143e440b4fcb3d9ed3199b0a0e71..0366a15f778cb64f979a1582472d5d62c82eff9c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+# CMP0074: find_package() uses <PackageName>_ROOT variables
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 NEW)
+
 PROJECT(athena
   VERSION 0.0.1
   LANGUAGES CXX