diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b2d6f7..0650b72 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0.
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.13)
 project (aws-c-event-stream C)
 
 if (DEFINED CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ file(GLOB EVENT_STREAM_SRC
     ${AWS_EVENT_STREAM_SRC}
 )
 
-aws_set_common_policies()
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${EVENT_STREAM_SRC})
 aws_set_common_properties(${PROJECT_NAME})
 aws_add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 797ca7a..758ba8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This library is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.
 
 ### Building
 
-CMake 3.1+ is required to build.
+CMake 3.13+ is required to build.
 
 `<install-path>` must be an absolute path in the following instructions.