diff --git a/akonadi-server.spec b/akonadi-server.spec
index dc4797b..5ae3d8f 100644
--- a/akonadi-server.spec
+++ b/akonadi-server.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Group:          System/GUI/KDE
 URL:            https://akonadi-project.org
 Source:         https://download.kde.org/unstable/release-service/%{version}/src/%{rname}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source99:       akonadi-server-rpmlintrc
-BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.0.0
+BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.5.0
 BuildRequires:  extra-cmake-modules >= %{kf5_version}
 BuildRequires:  kf5-filesystem
 BuildRequires:  libQt5Sql-private-headers-devel