diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 82335ee4b..8be07198a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ########################################################################################
 # Compiler options for building DAMASK
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.8 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.6.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find PETSc from system environment
diff --git a/PRIVATE b/PRIVATE
index 04bc997b6..c7bc54a26 160000
--- a/PRIVATE
+++ b/PRIVATE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 04bc997b6660acab972abccaf2ceb7f45b97e9a0
+Subproject commit c7bc54a26c8b6ed404aabec4653227e93fa028e2