diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 198528b59..533b14e85 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include (FindPkgConfig REQUIRED)
 # Dummy project to determine compiler names and version
 project (Prerequisites LANGUAGES)
 set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "$ENV{PETSC_DIR}/$ENV{PETSC_ARCH}/lib/pkgconfig")
-pkg_check_modules (PETSC REQUIRED PETSc>=3.12.0 PETSc<3.15.0)
+pkg_check_modules (PETSC REQUIRED PETSc>=3.12.0 PETSc<3.16.0)
 pkg_get_variable (CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER PETSc fcompiler)
 pkg_get_variable (CMAKE_C_COMPILER PETSc ccompiler)