diff --git a/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt b/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
index 98e2c4ac25dcdc10b65df177971933d7c0b6d46f..6b96fe63ad55d0e88f714e23a938bcef3be8712e 100644
--- a/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ endif()
 
 if(ADIOS_USE_ADIOS1)
   if(ADIOS_USE_MPI)
-    find_package(ADIOS1 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(ADIOS1 1.12.0 REQUIRED)
   else()
-    find_package(ADIOS1 COMPONENTS sequential REQUIRED)
+    find_package(ADIOS1 1.12.0 COMPONENTS sequential REQUIRED)
   endif()
 
   target_sources(adios2 PRIVATE