diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d5d83d..fd463c5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ endif()
 
 
 set( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${SPARSE_TEST_DIR}" )
-cmake_policy( SET CMP0037 OLD)
+cmake_policy( SET CMP0037 NEW)
 foreach( TEST ${sparse_testing_all} )
     string( REGEX REPLACE "\\.(cpp|f90|F90)"     "" EXE ${TEST} )
     string( REGEX REPLACE "${SPARSE_TEST_DIR}/" "" EXE ${EXE} )