diff --git a/CMakeL10n.txt b/CMakeL10n.txt
index 01d8e094d..e88a77237 100644
--- a/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
+
+##### set project version ########################
+
+include( TDEVersion )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION ${TDE_CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION} )
+tde_set_project_version( )
 
 
 ##### include our cmake modules #################
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c1fce2310..631e7a5a7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
+
+##### set project version ########################
+
+include( TDEVersion )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION ${TDE_CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION} )
+tde_set_project_version( )
 
 
 ##### general package setup #####################
@@ -40,11 +45,6 @@ include( TDEMacros )
 include( TDESetupPaths )
 
 
-##### set version number ########################
-
-tde_set_project_version( )
-
-
 ##### setup and find essential stuff ############
 
 tde_setup_paths( )
diff --git a/tdemarkdown/md4c/CMakeLists.txt b/tdemarkdown/md4c/CMakeLists.txt
index df4657473..c3f4bdaf1 100644
--- a/tdemarkdown/md4c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdemarkdown/md4c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 
-cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 )
+##### set project version ########################
+
+include( TDEVersion )
+cmake_minimum_required( VERSION ${TDE_CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION} )
+tde_set_project_version( )
+
 project(MD4C C)
 
 set(MD_VERSION_MAJOR 0)