diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 45791fc1ac..ab5d704992 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 # ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 
diff --git a/app/meas_cutter/CMakeLists.txt b/app/meas_cutter/CMakeLists.txt
index 159715b6e0..7b9dee4121 100644
--- a/app/meas_cutter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/meas_cutter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ find_package(yaml-cpp REQUIRED)
 
 #compatibility with yaml-cpp < 0.8.0
 if (NOT TARGET yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp AND TARGET yaml-cpp)
-  add_library(yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp ALIAS yaml-cpp)
+  # ALIASing a imported non-global library requires CMake 3.18 so we do this
+  add_library(yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+  target_link_libraries(yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp INTERFACE yaml-cpp)
 endif()