diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36220af..6323898 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CMakeLists.txt has to be located in the project folder and cmake has to be
 # executed from 'project/build' with 'cmake ../'.
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 find_package(Rock)
-rock_activate_cxx11()
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 rock_init(iodrivers_base 0.1)
 rock_standard_layout()