diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 51ee61dcf7d3de4522e2b37022b0f48b9d97a527..12b32a2cdda12cb7b4f52eeada730e305b8dd715 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ project(
 # dependencies
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-find_package(xtensor REQUIRED)
+find_package(xtensor 0.24.4 REQUIRED)
 message(STATUS "Found xtensor: ${xtensor_INCLUDE_DIRS}/xtensor")
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------