diff --git a/cmake/Findllvm.cmake b/cmake/Findllvm.cmake
index 6bdd0248c2..02f22037b8 100644
--- a/cmake/Findllvm.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Findllvm.cmake
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if(ZIG_PREFER_CLANG_CPP_DYLIB)
   if("${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION}" VERSION_EQUAL 12)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "expected LLVM 11.x but found ${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION} using ${LLVM_CONFIG_EXE}")
   endif()
-  if("${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER 11)
+  if("${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER 12)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "expected LLVM 11.x but found ${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION} using ${LLVM_CONFIG_EXE}")
   endif()
 elseif(("${ZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE}" STREQUAL "native") OR ZIG_PREFER_LLVM_CONFIG)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ elseif(("${ZIG_TARGET_TRIPLE}" STREQUAL "native") OR ZIG_PREFER_LLVM_CONFIG)
   if("${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION}" VERSION_EQUAL 12)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "expected LLVM 11.x but found ${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION} using ${LLVM_CONFIG_EXE}")
   endif()
-  if("${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER 11)
+  if("${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER 12)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "expected LLVM 11.x but found ${LLVM_CONFIG_VERSION} using ${LLVM_CONFIG_EXE}")
   endif()