diff --git a/autotest/cpp/googletest/CMakeLists.txt.in b/autotest/cpp/googletest/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 1cdcf819370b..2d48d04cdc40 100644
--- a/autotest/cpp/googletest/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/autotest/cpp/googletest/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Source https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/README.md
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 project(googletest-download NONE)