diff --git a/examples/protocols/slip/slip_udp/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/protocols/slip/slip_udp/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d7fdd6ce..0a8c2f9cc 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/slip/slip_udp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/protocols/slip/slip_udp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The following lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's CMakeLists
 # in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(slip_client)