diff --git a/cmake/scripts/Baseset.cmake b/cmake/scripts/Baseset.cmake
index c298aea484..d822a5720c 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/Baseset.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/Baseset.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 #
 # Create a single baseset meta file with the correct translations.
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/CreateGRF.cmake b/cmake/scripts/CreateGRF.cmake
index eff9a7b959..832c475799 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/CreateGRF.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/CreateGRF.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 #
 # Create a single GRF file based on sprites/<grfname>.nfo and sprites/*.png
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/Desktop.cmake b/cmake/scripts/Desktop.cmake
index 7cec0b9afe..7f64a60c49 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/Desktop.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/Desktop.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 #
 # Create a desktop file with the correct translations.
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake b/cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake
index 5d53d89db5..f931926592 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 if(NOT REV_MAJOR)
     set(REV_MAJOR 0)
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/GenerateWidget.cmake b/cmake/scripts/GenerateWidget.cmake
index ffa5e6edea..4387202037 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/GenerateWidget.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/GenerateWidget.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 #
 # CMake script to automatically generate the enums in script_window.hpp
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/Regression.cmake b/cmake/scripts/Regression.cmake
index e8c3c0b5a2..bfc5ee4ff4 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/Regression.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/Regression.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 #
 # Runs a single regressoion test
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/SquirrelExport.cmake b/cmake/scripts/SquirrelExport.cmake
index 5116a4c9d5..2ed2130a1e 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/SquirrelExport.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/SquirrelExport.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 if(NOT SCRIPT_API_SOURCE_FILE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Script needs SCRIPT_API_SOURCE_FILE defined")
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/SquirrelIncludes.cmake b/cmake/scripts/SquirrelIncludes.cmake
index ef81ddf041..80a77775fb 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/SquirrelIncludes.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scripts/SquirrelIncludes.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 if(NOT INCLUDES_SOURCE_FILE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Script needs INCLUDES_SOURCE_FILE defined")
diff --git a/src/settingsgen/CMakeLists.txt b/src/settingsgen/CMakeLists.txt
index 11d84453d2..91c8eca7c8 100644
--- a/src/settingsgen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/settingsgen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 if (NOT HOST_BINARY_DIR)
     project(settingsgen)
diff --git a/src/strgen/CMakeLists.txt b/src/strgen/CMakeLists.txt
index a554dc2573..2a8631d51c 100644
--- a/src/strgen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/strgen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 if (NOT HOST_BINARY_DIR)
     project(strgen)