diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 46dc180..1ae92e2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# 3.5 is actually available almost everywhere, but this a good minimum
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
+# 3.5 is actually available almost everywhere, but this a good minimum.
+# 3.14 as the upper policy limit avoids CMake deprecation warnings.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4...3.14)
 
 # enable MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY target property
 # see https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/policy/CMP0091.html