diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c442d3966..d24fa080ae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14...3.28) # for add_link_options and implicit target directories.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14) # for add_link_options and implicit target directories.
 project("llama.cpp" C CXX)
 include(CheckIncludeFileCXX)
 
diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index b0b8e57898..71d1a7f0e3 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14) # for add_link_options and implicit target directories.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14...3.28) # for add_link_options and implicit target directories.
 project("ggml" C CXX ASM)
 
 ### GGML Version