diff --git a/fastlib/branches/fastlib-cmake/mlpack/CMakeLists.txt b/fastlib/branches/fastlib-cmake/mlpack/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ebbde8eb5..e9f3064ddd 100644
--- a/fastlib/branches/fastlib-cmake/mlpack/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fastlib/branches/fastlib-cmake/mlpack/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 project(MLPACK C CXX Fortran)
 
 #find_package(BLAS REQUIRED)