diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2adc84bf3..9662316fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-Wall -fPIC")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -fPIC")
 set(DEBUG_FLAGS "-ggdb -pthread -pipe -Wformat -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4")
 
-if((CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") AND (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 4.1))
+if((CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") AND (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 4.2))
   message(STATUS "C Compiler supports: -Werror=format-security")
   set(DEBUG_FLAGS "${DEBUG_FLAGS} -Werror=format-security")
 endif()