diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77629b0..d060091 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # ~~~
 # It should also be cmake-lint clean.
 #
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 project(Tokenizers)