diff --git a/cmake/QtWindowsHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtWindowsHelpers.cmake
index 364536883b7..7a48e092906 100644
--- a/cmake/QtWindowsHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtWindowsHelpers.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function(qt_internal_check_msvc_versions)
     set(min_msvc_version "1930")
     if(MSVC_VERSION VERSION_LESS min_msvc_version)
         message(FATAL_ERROR
-            "Qt requires at least Visual Studio 2019 (MSVC ${min_msvc_version} or newer), "
+            "Qt requires at least Visual Studio 2022 (MSVC ${min_msvc_version} or newer), "
             "you're building against version ${MSVC_VERSION}. "
             "You can turn off this version check by setting QT_NO_MSVC_MIN_VERSION_CHECK to ON."
         )