diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cc795263..86c74a774 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if(hasParent)
 endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
-  set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.8" CACHE STRING "")
+  set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.9" CACHE STRING "")
   #A consequence of targetting 10.8. Needs to be set globally from 10.15 onwards in order for the test program to compile successfully during configure 
   string(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS " -stdlib=libc++")
 endif()