diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9e1fab..8cb7477 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
-
-if (POLICY CMP0042)
-  cmake_policy (SET CMP0042 NEW)
-endif (POLICY CMP0042)
-
-if (POLICY CMP0063)
-  cmake_policy (SET CMP0063 NEW)
-endif (POLICY CMP0063)
-
-if (POLICY CMP0074)
-  cmake_policy (SET CMP0074 NEW)
-endif (POLICY CMP0074)
-
-project(glog VERSION 0.6.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.16)
+project (glog
+  VERSION 0.6.0
+  DESCRIPTION "C++ implementation of the Google logging module"
+  HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/google/glog
+  LANGUAGES CXX
+)
 
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME glog)
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Google logging library")
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d85ad11..6895463 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ If you have glog installed in your system, you can use the CMake command
 
 .. code:: cmake
 
-   cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0.2)
+   cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.16)
    project (myproj VERSION 1.0)
 
    find_package (glog 0.6.0 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/package_config_unittest/working_config/CMakeLists.txt b/src/package_config_unittest/working_config/CMakeLists.txt
index c292c51..5fcfe7f 100644
--- a/src/package_config_unittest/working_config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/package_config_unittest/working_config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.16)
 project (glog_package_config LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package (glog REQUIRED NO_MODULE)