diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 12d9aa54b..b913e665e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18...3.26)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18...3.28)
 message(STATUS "Configuring with CMake ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
 
 
diff --git a/cmake/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in b/cmake/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in
index 6680a9ada..6886fd218 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" files "${files}")
 foreach(file ${files})
   message(STATUS "Uninstalling $ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
   if(IS_SYMLINK "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}" OR EXISTS "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
-    exec_program(
-      "@CMAKE_COMMAND@" ARGS "-E remove \"$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}\""
-      OUTPUT_VARIABLE rm_out
+    execute_process(
+      COMMAND "@CMAKE_COMMAND@" "-E" "remove" "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}"
       RETURN_VALUE rm_retval
       )
     if(NOT "${rm_retval}" STREQUAL 0)