diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 671f703fc78c49043a43ae048f1c0886ce2050e1..29ab2a97fd22554a15bc70ef79aad1f2dbbebbbf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ endif(APPLE)
 find_package(podio 0.14.1 REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${podio_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-find_package(EDM4HEP REQUIRED)
+find_package(EDM4HEP 0.4.1 REQUIRED)
 
 #include(cmake/root.cmake)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{ROOTSYS})