# vcpkg_minimum_required The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_minimum_required.md). Asserts that the version of the vcpkg program being used to build a port is later than the supplied date, inclusive. ## Usage ```cmake vcpkg_minimum_required(VERSION 2021-01-13) ``` ## Parameters ### VERSION The date-version to check against. ## Source [scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_minimum\_required.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_minimum_required.cmake)