diff --git a/.lintrunner.toml b/.lintrunner.toml
index a8e0b2ed8111..9b9a2306ab3c 100644
--- a/.lintrunner.toml
+++ b/.lintrunner.toml
@@ -1487,6 +1487,31 @@ init_command = [
     'tomli==2.2.1 ; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]
 
+[[linter]]
+code = 'CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED'
+command = [
+    'python3',
+    'tools/linter/adapters/cmake_minimum_required_linter.py',
+    '--',
+    '@{{PATHSFILE}}'
+]
+include_patterns = [
+    "**/pyproject.toml",
+    "**/CMakeLists.txt",
+    "**/CMakeLists.txt.in",
+    "**/*.cmake",
+    "**/*.cmake.in",
+    "**/*requirements*.txt",
+    "**/*requirements*.in",
+]
+init_command = [
+    'python3',
+    'tools/linter/adapters/pip_init.py',
+    '--dry-run={{DRYRUN}}',
+    'packaging==25.0',
+    'tomli==2.2.1 ; python_version < "3.11"',
+]
+
 [[linter]]
 code = 'COPYRIGHT'
 include_patterns = ['**']
diff --git a/tools/linter/adapters/cmake_minimum_required_linter.py b/tools/linter/adapters/cmake_minimum_required_linter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86c70ba7d9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/linter/adapters/cmake_minimum_required_linter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import concurrent.futures
+import fnmatch
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from enum import Enum
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import NamedTuple
+
+from packaging.requirements import Requirement
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    import tomllib
+else:
+    import tomli as tomllib  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
+
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).absolute().parents[3]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT))
+
+from tools.setup_helpers.env import CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION_STRING
+
+
+sys.path.remove(str(REPO_ROOT))
+
+
+LINTER_CODE = "CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED"
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION = Version(CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION_STRING)
+
+
+class LintSeverity(str, Enum):
+    ERROR = "error"
+    WARNING = "warning"
+    ADVICE = "advice"
+    DISABLED = "disabled"
+
+
+class LintMessage(NamedTuple):
+    path: str | None
+    line: int | None
+    char: int | None
+    code: str
+    severity: LintSeverity
+    name: str
+    original: str | None
+    replacement: str | None
+    description: str | None
+
+
+def format_error_message(
+    filename: str,
+    error: Exception | None = None,
+    *,
+    line: int | None = None,
+    message: str | None = None,
+) -> LintMessage:
+    if message is None and error is not None:
+        message = f"Failed due to {error.__class__.__name__}:\n{error}"
+    return LintMessage(
+        path=filename,
+        line=line,
+        char=None,
+        code=LINTER_CODE,
+        severity=LintSeverity.ERROR,
+        name="CMake minimum version",
+        original=None,
+        replacement=None,
+        description=message,
+    )
+
+
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r"cmake_minimum_required\(VERSION\s+(?P<version>\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)\b.*\)",
+    flags=re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
+
+def check_cmake(path: Path) -> list[LintMessage]:
+    with path.open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for i, line in enumerate(f, start=1):
+            if match := CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_PATTERN.search(line):
+                version = match.group("version")
+                if path.samefile(REPO_ROOT / "CMakeLists.txt"):
+                    if Version(version) != CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION:
+                        return [
+                            format_error_message(
+                                str(path),
+                                line=i,
+                                message=(
+                                    f"CMake minimum version must be {CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION}, "
+                                    f"but found {version}."
+                                ),
+                            )
+                        ]
+                elif Version(version) > CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION:
+                    return [
+                        format_error_message(
+                            str(path),
+                            line=i,
+                            message=(
+                                f"The environment can only provide CMake {CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION}, "
+                                f"but found requiring {version}."
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    ]
+    return []
+
+
+def check_requirement(
+    requirement: Requirement,
+    path: Path,
+    *,
+    line: int | None = None,
+) -> LintMessage | None:
+    if requirement.name.lower() != "cmake":
+        return None
+
+    for spec in requirement.specifier:
+        if (
+            spec.operator in ("==", ">=")
+            and Version(spec.version.removesuffix(".*")) < CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION
+        ):
+            return format_error_message(
+                str(path),
+                line=line,
+                message=(
+                    f"CMake minimum version must be at least {CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION}, "
+                    f"but found {spec}."
+                ),
+            )
+
+    return None
+
+
+def check_pyproject(path: Path) -> list[LintMessage]:
+    try:
+        pyproject = tomllib.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    except (tomllib.TOMLDecodeError, OSError) as err:
+        return [format_error_message(str(path), err)]
+
+    if not isinstance(pyproject, dict):
+        return []
+    if not isinstance(pyproject.get("build-system"), dict):
+        return []
+
+    build_system = pyproject["build-system"]
+    requires = build_system.get("requires")
+    if not isinstance(requires, list):
+        return []
+    return list(
+        filter(
+            None,
+            (check_requirement(Requirement(req), path=path) for req in requires),
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def check_requirements(path: Path) -> list[LintMessage]:
+    try:
+        with path.open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            lines = f.readlines()
+    except OSError as err:
+        return [format_error_message(str(path), err)]
+
+    lint_messages = []
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines, start=1):
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line or line.startswith(("#", "-")):
+            continue
+        try:
+            requirement = Requirement(line)
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+        lint_message = check_requirement(requirement, path=path, line=i)
+        if lint_message is not None:
+            lint_messages.append(lint_message)
+
+    return lint_messages
+
+
+def check_file(filename: str) -> list[LintMessage]:
+    path = Path(filename).absolute()
+    basename = path.name.lower()
+    if basename in ("cmakelists.txt", "cmakelists.txt.in") or basename.endswith(
+        (".cmake", ".cmake.in")
+    ):
+        return check_cmake(path)
+    if basename == "pyproject.toml":
+        return check_pyproject(path)
+    if fnmatch.fnmatch(basename, "*requirements*.txt") or fnmatch.fnmatch(
+        basename, "*requirements*.in"
+    ):
+        return check_requirements(path)
+    return []
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Check consistency of cmake minimum version in requirement files.",
+        fromfile_prefix_chars="@",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--verbose",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="verbose logging",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "filenames",
+        nargs="+",
+        help="paths to lint",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        format="<%(processName)s:%(levelname)s> %(message)s",
+        level=logging.NOTSET
+        if args.verbose
+        else logging.DEBUG
+        if len(args.filenames) < 1000
+        else logging.INFO,
+        stream=sys.stderr,
+    )
+
+    with concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(
+        max_workers=os.cpu_count(),
+    ) as executor:
+        futures = {executor.submit(check_file, x): x for x in args.filenames}
+        for future in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures):
+            try:
+                for lint_message in future.result():
+                    print(json.dumps(lint_message._asdict()), flush=True)
+            except Exception:
+                logging.critical('Failed at "%s".', futures[future])
+                raise
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tools/setup_helpers/cmake.py b/tools/setup_helpers/cmake.py
index 4d131846ea1f..fc0b9e2d8916 100644
--- a/tools/setup_helpers/cmake.py
+++ b/tools/setup_helpers/cmake.py
@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@
 from typing import cast
 
 from .cmake_utils import CMakeValue, get_cmake_cache_variables_from_file
-from .env import BUILD_DIR, check_negative_env_flag, IS_64BIT, IS_DARWIN, IS_WINDOWS
+from .env import (
+    BUILD_DIR,
+    check_negative_env_flag,
+    CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION_STRING,
+    IS_64BIT,
+    IS_DARWIN,
+    IS_WINDOWS,
+)
 
 
 try:
@@ -50,6 +57,9 @@ def _mkdir_p(d: str) -> None:
     USE_NINJA = os.environ["CMAKE_GENERATOR"].lower() == "ninja"
 
 
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION = Version(CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION_STRING)
+
+
 class CMake:
     "Manages cmake."
 
@@ -79,32 +89,27 @@ def _ninja_build_file(self) -> str:
     def _get_cmake_command() -> str:
         """Returns cmake command."""
 
-        cmake_command = "cmake"
         if IS_WINDOWS:
-            return cmake_command
-        cmake3_version = CMake._get_version(shutil.which("cmake3"))
-        cmake_version = CMake._get_version(shutil.which("cmake"))
-
-        _cmake_min_version = Version("3.27.0")
-        if all(
-            ver is None or ver < _cmake_min_version
-            for ver in [cmake_version, cmake3_version]
-        ):
+            return "cmake"
+
+        cmake_versions: dict[str, Version] = {}
+        for cmd in ("cmake", "cmake3"):
+            command = shutil.which(cmd)
+            ver = CMake._get_version(command)
+            if ver is not None:
+                eprint(f"Found {cmd} ({command}) version: {ver}", end="")
+                if ver >= CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION:
+                    eprint(f" (>={CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION})")
+                    cmake_versions[cmd] = ver
+                else:
+                    eprint(f" (<{CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION})")
+
+        if not cmake_versions:
             raise RuntimeError(
-                "no cmake or cmake3 with version >= 3.27.0 found:"
-                + str([cmake_version, cmake3_version])
+                f"no cmake or cmake3 with version >= {CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION}, "
+                f"found: {list(cmake_versions.values())}"
             )
-
-        if cmake3_version is None:
-            cmake_command = "cmake"
-        elif cmake_version is None:
-            cmake_command = "cmake3"
-        else:
-            if cmake3_version >= cmake_version:
-                cmake_command = "cmake3"
-            else:
-                cmake_command = "cmake"
-        return cmake_command
+        return max(cmake_versions, key=cmake_versions.get)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_version(cmd: str | None) -> Version | None:
diff --git a/tools/setup_helpers/env.py b/tools/setup_helpers/env.py
index 0c7d55b5e096..3eb23af44a23 100644
--- a/tools/setup_helpers/env.py
+++ b/tools/setup_helpers/env.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_VERSION_STRING = "3.27"
+
 IS_WINDOWS = platform.system() == "Windows"
 IS_DARWIN = platform.system() == "Darwin"
 IS_LINUX = platform.system() == "Linux"