diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.mk b/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.mk
index e1bbcd62c8..dfc252e919 100644
--- a/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.mk
+++ b/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Set this to either 3.15 or higher, depending on the highest minimum
+# Set this to either 3.16 or higher, depending on the highest minimum
 # version required by any of the packages bundled in Buildroot. If a
 # package is bumped or a new one added, and it requires a higher
 # version, our cmake infra will catch it and build its own.
 #
-BR2_CMAKE_VERSION_MIN = 3.15
+BR2_CMAKE_VERSION_MIN = 3.16
 
 BR2_CMAKE_CANDIDATES ?= cmake cmake3
 BR2_CMAKE ?= $(call suitable-host-package,cmake,\