diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36ba9a79a..8106810b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
-set(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0) # Remove when CMake >= 2.8.4 is required
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 include (CheckFunctionExists)
diff --git a/DEVELOPER.md b/DEVELOPER.md
index ae9fa00f9..c20a32767 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # How to Build Taskwarrior
 
 ## Satisfy the Requirements:
- * gcc 4.9 or later, clang 3.4 or later, or a compiler with full C++11 support.
+ * CMake 3.0 or later
+ * gcc 5.0 or later, clang 3.4 or later, or a compiler with full C++11 support
  * libuuid (if not on macOS)
  * gnutls (optional)
  * python 2.7 or 3 (optional, for running the test suite)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 02fe9434e..52d9b1a60 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ source.
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
-You will need the CMake build system installed in order to build Taskwarrior
+You will need the CMake 3.0+ build system installed in order to build Taskwarrior
 from source. More information on CMake can be obtained at https://cmake.org
 
 You will also need:
   - make
 
 You will need a C++ compiler that supports full C++11, which includes:
-  - gcc 4.9   (released 2014-04-22)
+  - gcc 5.0   (released 2013-12-23)
   - clang 3.4 (released 2014-01-02)
 
 You will need the following libraries:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07ff0031f..49bea6097 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ There are many binary packages available, but to install from source requires:
 * git
 * cmake
 * make
-* C++ compiler, currently gcc 4.7+ or clang 3.3+ for full C++11 support
+* C++ compiler, currently gcc 5.0+ or clang 3.4+ for full C++11 support
 
 Download the tarball, and expand it:
 
-    $ curl -O https://taskwarrior.org/download/task-2.5.1.tar.gz
-    $ tar xzf task-2.5.1.tar.gz
-    $ cd task-2.5.1
+    $ curl -O https://taskwarrior.org/download/task-2.6.0.tar.gz
+    $ tar xzf task-2.6.0.tar.gz
+    $ cd task-2.6.0
 
 Or clone this repository:
 
diff --git a/cmake/CXXSniffer.cmake b/cmake/CXXSniffer.cmake
index e7ad810ac..4fe1e6e90 100644
--- a/cmake/CXXSniffer.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CXXSniffer.cmake
@@ -1,30 +1,21 @@
-message ("-- Configuring C++11")
+message ("-- Configuring C++14")
 message ("-- System: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
 
 include (CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
-# NOTE: Phase out -std=gnu++0x and --std=c++0x as soon as realistically possible.
-CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++11"   _HAS_CXX11)
-CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++0x"   _HAS_CXX0X)
-CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=gnu++0x" _HAS_GNU0X)
+CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++14"   _HAS_CXX14)
 
-if (_HAS_CXX11)
-  set (_CXX11_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
-elseif (_HAS_CXX0X)
-  message (WARNING "Enabling -std=c++0x draft compile flag. Your compiler does not support the standard '-std=c++11' option.  Consider upgrading.")
-  set (_CXX11_FLAGS "-std=c++0x")
-elseif (_HAS_GNU0X)
-  message (WARNING "Enabling -std=gnu++0x draft compile flag. Your compiler does not support the standard '-std=c++11' option. Consider upgrading.")
-  set (_CXX11_FLAGS "-std=gnu++0x")
-else (_HAS_CXX11)
- message (FATAL_ERROR "C++11 support missing. Try upgrading your C++ compiler. If you have a good reason for using an outdated compiler, please let us know at support@gothenburgbitfactory.org.")
-endif (_HAS_CXX11)
+if (_HAS_CXX14)
+  set (_CXX14_FLAGS "-std=c++14")
+else (_HAS_CXX14)
+ message (FATAL_ERROR "C++14 support missing. Try upgrading your C++ compiler. If you have a good reason for using an outdated compiler, please let us know at support@gothenburgbitfactory.org.")
+endif (_HAS_CXX14)
 
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
   set (LINUX true)
 elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
   set (DARWIN true)
-  set (_CXX11_FLAGS "${_CXX11_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
+  set (_CXX14_FLAGS "${_CXX14_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
 elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "kFreeBSD")
   set (KFREEBSD true)
 elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "FreeBSD")
@@ -41,13 +32,9 @@ elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "GNU")
   set (GNUHURD true)
 elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "CYGWIN")
   set (CYGWIN true)
-  # NOTE: Not setting -std=gnu++0x leads to compile errors even with
-  #       GCC 4.8.3, and debugging those leads to insanity. Adding this
-  #       workaround instead of fixing Cygwin.
-  set (_CXX11_FLAGS "-std=gnu++0x")
 else (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
   set (UNKNOWN true)
 endif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
 
-set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${_CXX11_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${_CXX14_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wsign-compare -Wreturn-type ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index a0072349d..81df9d08f 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 message ("-- Configuring man pages")
 set (man_FILES task-color.5 task-sync.5 taskrc.5 task.1)
 foreach (man_FILE ${man_FILES})
diff --git a/performance/CMakeLists.txt b/performance/CMakeLists.txt
index 792e7f10b..a990911fe 100644
--- a/performance/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/performance/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 
 add_custom_target (performance ./run_perf
                                DEPENDS task_executable
diff --git a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index edc8e2eb5..e6ac28d12 100644
--- a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 install (DIRECTORY bash fish vim zsh hooks
          DESTINATION ${TASK_DOCDIR}/scripts)
 install (DIRECTORY add-ons
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index aab09d2f0..1dc0a055a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/commands
diff --git a/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt b/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
index 002982bbb..79fc10af0 100644
--- a/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/commands
diff --git a/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt b/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
index 188a8ef81..668f5c2f1 100644
--- a/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/commands/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/commands
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index bf361ef77..3e34ef778 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
 
 # See this CMake issue before complaining about the following.
 # https://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=16062