diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e61fdfa48..ae1a9076cd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
-# Minimum CMake required
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+# Minimum CMake required. If available, accept the policy-controlled behavior up
+# to 3.26.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10...3.26)
 
 if(protobuf_VERBOSE)
   message(STATUS "Protocol Buffers Configuring...")
 endif()
 
-# MSVC runtime library flags are selected by an abstraction.
-# New in CMake 3.15: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/policy/CMP0091.html
-if(POLICY CMP0091)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW)
-endif()
-
-# option() honors normal variables
-# New in CMake 3.13: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/policy/CMP0077.html
-if (POLICY CMP0077)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0077 NEW)
-endif (POLICY CMP0077)
-
 # Project
 project(protobuf C CXX)