diff --git a/Scripts/scripts/cgal_create_cmake_script b/Scripts/scripts/cgal_create_cmake_script
index 45b5e0f6abf..0a02bce0213 100755
--- a/Scripts/scripts/cgal_create_cmake_script
+++ b/Scripts/scripts/cgal_create_cmake_script
@@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ create_cmake_script()
 # Created by the script cgal_create_cmake_script
 # This is the CMake script for compiling a CGAL application.
 
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1...3.14)
 project( ${PROJECT}${TYPE} )
 EOF
   cat <<'EOF'
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.10)
-
 EOF
   
     cat <<'EOF'