diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a1078c..9f7f28e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ endif ()
 
 if (BUILDDOC)
   # add a target to generate API documentation with Doxygen
-  find_package (Doxygen)
+  find_package (Doxygen 1.8.11 REQUIRED)
   if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
     configure_file (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile @ONLY)
     if (BUILDSWIGJAVA)
diff --git a/src/javascript/CMakeLists.txt b/src/javascript/CMakeLists.txt
index ac63605..6fb8dbc 100644
--- a/src/javascript/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/javascript/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ add_custom_command (TARGET npmpkg POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
 add_dependencies (npmpkg mraajs)
 
 if (BUILDDOC)
-  find_package(Yuidoc)
+  find_package(Yuidoc 0.10.2 REQUIRED)
   if (YUIDOC_FOUND)
     add_custom_target(jsdoc ALL
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doxygen2jsdoc/docgen.js -m mraa -i xml/ -o jsdoc -c ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doxygen2jsdoc_custom.json --strict
diff --git a/src/python/python2/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/python/python2/docs/CMakeLists.txt
index 3079b22..cd9d659 100644
--- a/src/python/python2/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/python/python2/docs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
-  find_package (Sphinx)
+  find_package (Sphinx 1.3.6 REQUIRED)
   if (SPHINX_FOUND)
     if (NOT DEFINED SPHINX_THEME)
       set (SPHINX_THEME default)