diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ad346b2..a5dbed01 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache 2.0
 #
 
-# Version 3.15 is the baseline for P4 Control Plane.
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+# CMake version 3.16 is the baseline for P4 Control Plane.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-project(networking-recipe VERSION 3.4.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(networking-recipe VERSION 3.5.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)