diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 66ba262f61..92e6fc17d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ jobs:
             python_ver: "3.9"
             python_action_ver: "3.9"
             gcc_action_ver: 9
-            setenvs: export  CMAKE_VERSION=3.18.2
+            setenvs: export  CMAKE_VERSION=3.22.0
                              PTEX_VERSION=v2.3.2
                              WEBP_VERSION=v1.1.0
                              PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.11
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ jobs:
             python_ver: "3.9"
             python_action_ver: "3.9"
             llvm_action_ver: "11"
-            setenvs: export CMAKE_VERSION=3.18.2
+            setenvs: export CMAKE_VERSION=3.22.0
                             PTEX_VERSION=v2.3.2
                             WEBP_VERSION=v1.1.0
                             PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.11
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ jobs:
             gcc_action_ver: 9
             simd: 0
             setenvs: export  EMBEDPLUGINS=0
-                             CMAKE_VERSION=3.18.2
+                             CMAKE_VERSION=3.22.0
                              PTEX_VERSION=v2.3.2
                              WEBP_VERSION=v1.1.0
                              USE_JPEGTURBO=0
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fbd87a5ae4..401df11a82 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO
 
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.18.2...4.0)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.22.0...4.0)
 
 set (OpenImageIO_VERSION "3.2.0.2")
 set (OpenImageIO_VERSION_OVERRIDE "" CACHE STRING
@@ -31,15 +31,6 @@ else ()
     set (${PROJECT_NAME}_DEV_RELEASE ON)
 endif ()
 
-# Set PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL to ON if if this is the top level project (not
-# if this is included as a subproject of something else). Note that this is
-# handled automatically for CMake >= 3.21.
-if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.21)
-    if ("${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}" STREQUAL "${PROJECT_NAME}")
-        set (PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL ON)
-    endif ()
-endif ()
-
 # Set up module path for our own cmake modules and add some essential ones
 list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
       "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cmake/modules"
@@ -85,6 +76,7 @@ message (STATUS "Project install prefix = ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 message (STATUS "Configuration types    = ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}")
 message (STATUS "Build type             = ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 message (STATUS "Supported release      = ${${PROJECT_NAME}_SUPPORTED_RELEASE}")
+message (STATUS "Project is top level   = ${PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL}")
 
 # Make the build area layout look a bit more like the final dist layout
 if (PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 6b3febfa9e..20b39f6e80 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ NEW or CHANGED MINIMUM dependencies since the last major release are **bold**.
        OIIO's public APIs only require C++17 features.
  * Compilers: gcc 9.3 - 16, clang 10 - 22, MSVS 2017 - 2026 (v19.14
    and up), Intel OneAPI C++ compiler 2022+.
- * CMake >= 3.18.2 (tested through 4.4)
+ * **CMake >= 3.22.0** (tested through 4.4)
  * Imath >= 3.1 (tested through 3.2 and main)
  * OpenEXR >= 3.1 (tested through 3.4 and main)
  * libTIFF >= 4.0 (tested through 4.7 and master)
diff --git a/src/cmake/dependency_utils.cmake b/src/cmake/dependency_utils.cmake
index 17b698f7f8..b103b95b30 100644
--- a/src/cmake/dependency_utils.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/dependency_utils.cmake
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ macro (checked_find_package pkgname)
         # PKGConfigVersion.cmake has might have arbitrary rules. Use our own
         # MIN_VERSION and MAX_VERSION parameters to manually check instead.
         #
-        if (_pkg_VERSION_MIN AND _pkg_VERSION_MAX AND CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.19)
+        if (_pkg_VERSION_MIN AND _pkg_VERSION_MAX)
             set (_${pkgname}_version_range "${_pkg_VERSION_MIN}...<${_pkg_VERSION_MAX}")
         elseif (_pkg_VERSION_MIN)
             set (_${pkgname}_version_range "${_pkg_VERSION_MIN}")