diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a796d13a68..6ae499adc4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## New Features
 
 ## Improvements
+- PR #1227 Pin cmake policies to cmake 3.17 version
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index f8f34170c8d..1462514ac20 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #=============================================================================
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12..3.17 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(CUGRAPH VERSION 0.17.0 LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
 
diff --git a/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index ac3a27c7b77..fa3a6847b82 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 #
 #=============================================================================
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)
-
-project(CUGRAPH_TESTS LANGUAGES C CXX CUDA)
-
 ###################################################################################################
 # - compiler function -----------------------------------------------------------------------------