diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bad0b24..75a5d63 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
 
 project(townengine LANGUAGES C)
 
+set(CMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL "WARNING")
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE NEVER)
+
 # SDL dependencies
 # for whatever reason Emscripten has SDL2 config, but not actual SDL2 port by default
 if(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
diff --git a/third-party/libxm/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/libxm/CMakeLists.txt
index 9854a17..9933945 100644
--- a/third-party/libxm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/libxm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.5)
 PROJECT(libxm C)
 
 FUNCTION(OPTION_AND_DEFINE name description default_value)
diff --git a/third-party/physfs/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/physfs/CMakeLists.txt
index 085e9fd..f7dd6d6 100644
--- a/third-party/physfs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/physfs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 set(PHYSFS_VERSION 3.2.0)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 project(PhysicsFS VERSION ${PHYSFS_VERSION} LANGUAGES C )