diff --git a/.ci/manywheel/build_common.sh b/.ci/manywheel/build_common.sh
index ec822b0cd4af..f70b8df4149c 100644
--- a/.ci/manywheel/build_common.sh
+++ b/.ci/manywheel/build_common.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ elif [[ "$OS_NAME" == *"Ubuntu"* ]]; then
     # Comment out nvidia repositories to prevent them from getting apt-get updated, see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/74968
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046
     sed -i 's/.*nvidia.*/# &/' $(find /etc/apt/ -type f -name "*.list")
-
     retry apt-get update
     retry apt-get -y install zip openssl
 else
@@ -98,6 +97,7 @@ if [[ -z "$PYTORCH_ROOT" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 pushd "$PYTORCH_ROOT"
+retry pip install -q cmake
 python setup.py clean
 retry pip install -qr requirements.txt
 case ${DESIRED_PYTHON} in
diff --git a/.ci/manywheel/build_libtorch.sh b/.ci/manywheel/build_libtorch.sh
index 8f70210dd5b6..e9ab620475d1 100644
--- a/.ci/manywheel/build_libtorch.sh
+++ b/.ci/manywheel/build_libtorch.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ if [[ -z "$PYTORCH_ROOT" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 pushd "$PYTORCH_ROOT"
+retry pip install -q cmake
 python setup.py clean
 retry pip install -qr requirements.txt
 retry pip install -q numpy==2.0.1
diff --git a/.github/requirements/pip-requirements-macOS.txt b/.github/requirements/pip-requirements-macOS.txt
index 399e5805d732..e8464f0a55ff 100644
--- a/.github/requirements/pip-requirements-macOS.txt
+++ b/.github/requirements/pip-requirements-macOS.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 boto3==1.35.42
-cmake==3.25.*
+cmake==3.27.*
 expecttest==0.3.0
 fbscribelogger==0.1.7
 filelock==3.6.0
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c968af00ed6d..2e2ffee058a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
 # cmake_policy(SET CMP0022 NEW) cmake_policy(SET CMP0023 NEW)
 
 # Use compiler ID "AppleClang" instead of "Clang" for XCode. Not setting this
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
 # one is detected as "AppleClang".
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0010 NEW)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0025 NEW)
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0126 OLD)
 
 # Enables CMake to set LTO on compilers other than Intel.
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0069 NEW)
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0069 NEW)
 # we do this (and we don't if cmake is old), but it's nice when it's possible,
 # and it's possible on our Windows configs.
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0092 NEW)
+# Don't remove the FindCUDA module
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0146 OLD)
 
 # Prohibit in-source builds
 if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
@@ -559,6 +562,10 @@ if(MSVC)
   set(CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS} -Xcompiler  /Zc:__cplusplus")
 
   set(CMAKE_NINJA_CMCLDEPS_RC OFF)
+  if(MSVC_Z7_OVERRIDE)
+    # CMake set debug flags to use /Z7
+    set(CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT Embedded)
+  endif()
   foreach(
     flag_var
     CMAKE_C_FLAGS
@@ -571,12 +578,6 @@ if(MSVC)
     CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE
     CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
     CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO)
-    # Replace /Zi and /ZI with /Z7
-    if(MSVC_Z7_OVERRIDE)
-      if(${flag_var} MATCHES "/Z[iI]")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "/Z[iI]" "/Z7" ${flag_var} "${${flag_var}}")
-      endif(${flag_var} MATCHES "/Z[iI]")
-    endif(MSVC_Z7_OVERRIDE)
 
     if(${CAFFE2_USE_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME})
       if(${flag_var} MATCHES "/MD")
diff --git a/aten/src/ATen/CMakeLists.txt b/aten/src/ATen/CMakeLists.txt
index 5256879ab26f..01b601848c6a 100644
--- a/aten/src/ATen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/aten/src/ATen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
 
 if(NOT MSVC)
diff --git a/aten/src/ATen/native/cpu/BlasKernel.cpp b/aten/src/ATen/native/cpu/BlasKernel.cpp
index 6d6976e6ccff..ab3b16c395a3 100644
--- a/aten/src/ATen/native/cpu/BlasKernel.cpp
+++ b/aten/src/ATen/native/cpu/BlasKernel.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ auto sum(int64_t N, Func f) {
 }
 
 template <typename scalar_t, typename opmath_t, typename out_t>
+__ubsan_ignore_signed_int_overflow__
 std::enable_if_t<std::is_same_v<scalar_t, opmath_t>, void>
 gemm_notrans_(
     int64_t m,
diff --git a/aten/src/ATen/native/quantized/cpu/qnnpack/deps/clog/CMakeLists.txt b/aten/src/ATen/native/quantized/cpu/qnnpack/deps/clog/CMakeLists.txt
index af31056c4430..979af29f723d 100644
--- a/aten/src/ATen/native/quantized/cpu/qnnpack/deps/clog/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/aten/src/ATen/native/quantized/cpu/qnnpack/deps/clog/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
diff --git a/c10/CMakeLists.txt b/c10/CMakeLists.txt
index f00c662e70e0..8e9d267352dd 100644
--- a/c10/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/c10/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(c10 CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "The C++ standard whose features are requested to build this target.")
diff --git a/cmake/ProtoBuf.cmake b/cmake/ProtoBuf.cmake
index 4c436dcd6451..fe3113205df1 100644
--- a/cmake/ProtoBuf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ProtoBuf.cmake
@@ -33,25 +33,6 @@ macro(custom_protobuf_find)
   set(__caffe2_CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ${CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE})
   set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
-  if(MSVC)
-    foreach(flag_var
-        CMAKE_C_FLAGS CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
-        CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL)
-      if(${flag_var} MATCHES "/Z[iI7]")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "/Z[iI7]" "" ${flag_var} "${${flag_var}}")
-      endif()
-    endforeach(flag_var)
-    if(MSVC_Z7_OVERRIDE)
-      foreach(flag_var
-          CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
-          CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO)
-        if(${flag_var} MATCHES "/Z[iI]")
-          string(REGEX REPLACE "/Z[iI]" "/Z7" ${flag_var} "${${flag_var}}")
-        endif()
-      endforeach(flag_var)
-    endif(MSVC_Z7_OVERRIDE)
-  endif(MSVC)
-
   if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "4.0.0")
     message(WARNING "Ancient protobuf forces CMake compatibility")
     set(CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM 3.5)
diff --git a/tools/setup_helpers/cmake.py b/tools/setup_helpers/cmake.py
index 1fd7377cb07d..678ba7ab207c 100644
--- a/tools/setup_helpers/cmake.py
+++ b/tools/setup_helpers/cmake.py
@@ -60,12 +60,15 @@ class CMake:
         cmake3_version = CMake._get_version(which("cmake3"))
         cmake_version = CMake._get_version(which("cmake"))
 
-        _cmake_min_version = LooseVersion("3.18.0")
+        _cmake_min_version = LooseVersion("3.27.0")
         if all(
             ver is None or ver < _cmake_min_version
             for ver in [cmake_version, cmake3_version]
         ):
-            raise RuntimeError("no cmake or cmake3 with version >= 3.18.0 found")
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "no cmake or cmake3 with version >= 3.27.0 found:"
+                + str([cmake_version, cmake3_version])
+            )
 
         if cmake3_version is None:
             cmake_command = "cmake"
diff --git a/torch/CMakeLists.txt b/torch/CMakeLists.txt
index ebbf93e59a37..55bd03122eee 100644
--- a/torch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/torch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Now it only builds the Torch python bindings.
 
 if(NOT CAFFE2_CMAKE_BUILDING_WITH_MAIN_REPO)
-  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
+  cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
   project(torch CXX C)
   find_package(torch REQUIRED)
   option(USE_CUDA "Use CUDA" ON)
diff --git a/torch/_inductor/cpp_builder.py b/torch/_inductor/cpp_builder.py
index db2654a54bf0..a27292d9c6f6 100644
--- a/torch/_inductor/cpp_builder.py
+++ b/torch/_inductor/cpp_builder.py
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ class CppBuilder:
         definitions = " ".join(self._build_option.get_definitions())
         contents = textwrap.dedent(
             f"""
-            cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
+            cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
             project(aoti_model LANGUAGES CXX)
             set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
diff --git a/torch/lib/libshm/CMakeLists.txt b/torch/lib/libshm/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a7329ddab77..c3cd26fea7bf 100644
--- a/torch/lib/libshm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/torch/lib/libshm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project(libshm C CXX)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 set(TORCH_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../../)