diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 04d6261..74be4dd 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         "-isystem${workspaceFolder}/.dependencies/gcc-avr-7.3.0/avr/include/util",
     ],
     "cmake.buildDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}/build-vscode/${buildKit}",
-    "cmake.cmakePath": "${workspaceFolder}/.dependencies/cmake-3.21.3/bin/cmake",
+    "cmake.cmakePath": "${workspaceFolder}/.dependencies/cmake-3.22.5/bin/cmake",
     "cmake.generator": "Ninja",
     "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89b1a88..3e80259 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ run `./utils/bootstrap.py`
 
 `bootstrap.py` will now download all the "missing" dependencies into the `.dependencies` folder:
 - clang-format-9.0.0-noext
-- cmake-3.21.3
+- cmake-3.22.5
 - ninja-1.10.2
 - gcc-avr-7.3.0
 
diff --git a/utils/bootstrap.py b/utils/bootstrap.py
index 5cbe7cc..0c60e3f 100755
--- a/utils/bootstrap.py
+++ b/utils/bootstrap.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import zipfile
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.request import urlretrieve
-
 project_root_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 dependencies_dir = project_root_dir / '.dependencies'
 
@@ -37,11 +36,11 @@ dependencies = {
         },
     },
     'cmake': {
-        'version': '3.21.3',
+        'version': '3.22.5',
         'url': {
-            'Linux': 'https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.21.3/cmake-3.21.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz',
-            'Windows': 'https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.21.3/cmake-3.21.3-windows-x86_64.zip',
-            'Darwin': 'https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.21.3/cmake-3.21.3-macos-universal.tar.gz',
+            'Linux': 'https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.22.5/cmake-3.22.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz',
+            'Windows': 'https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.22.5/cmake-3.22.5-windows-x86_64.zip',
+            'Darwin': 'https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.22.5/cmake-3.22.5-macos-universal.tar.gz',
         },
     },
     'gcc-avr': {