diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b0331d8..f5202195 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 ################################################################################
 # Define our package information.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f1269d99..62e290d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=nonitneractive apt-get install -y mpich
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y openssh-client
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y openssh-server
 
-# Fetch and install CMake 3.15 as required by Intel-QS build process. 
-WORKDIR swpkgs/cmake3.15
-RUN wget "https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.15.2/cmake-3.15.2-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz" 
-RUN tar -xzf cmake-3.15.2-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/ --strip-components=1 
+# Fetch and install CMake 3.16
+WORKDIR swpkgs/cmake3.16.0
+RUN wget "https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.16.0/cmake-3.16.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz" 
+RUN tar -xzf cmake-3.16.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/ --strip-components=1 
 
 # Fetch and install the Intel MKL libraries required for building the Intel-QS simulator.
 WORKDIR swpkgs/mkl
diff --git a/cmake/gtest.cmake.in b/cmake/gtest.cmake.in
index 37b622bf..40882a47 100644
--- a/cmake/gtest.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/gtest.cmake.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.2)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 project(googletest-download NONE)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ffef0348..ea8c2523 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 if (IqsNoise)
     # Download and unpack eigen library at configure time.
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12.0)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
     include(ExternalProject)
     ExternalProject_Add(deps-eigen
       GIT_REPOSITORY https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen.git
diff --git a/util/BigMPI/CMakeLists.txt b/util/BigMPI/CMakeLists.txt
index 5143aa86..58c8765d 100644
--- a/util/BigMPI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/util/BigMPI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 set(PACKAGE_NAME BigMPI)
 find_package(MPI)