diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f01abfc9..c4dbfe215 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE TRUE)
 project(reporting)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pthread")
 set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)