diff --git a/CMakeModules/FindRdKafka.cmake b/CMakeModules/FindRdKafka.cmake
index 1006e3c59127596c237c83123e2875c41c5a733a..84d4cd540bcc6b1977354421649b36797048abb3 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/FindRdKafka.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/FindRdKafka.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # RDKAFKA_LIBRARIES         - Path to the library
 # RDKAFKA_INCLUDE_DIR     - Path to the include dir
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
 
 find_path(RDKAFKA_INCLUDE_DIR librdkafka/rdkafka.h HINTS ${RdKafka_DIR}/include)
 find_library(RDKAFKA_LIBRARIES rdkafka++ HINTS ${RdKafka_DIR}/lib ${RdKafka_DIR}/lib64)