diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ee66976..97c74157 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ target_link_libraries(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE Threads::Threads)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL OR SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL_HO)
     if(NOT TARGET fmt::fmt)
-        find_package(fmt 5.3.0 REQUIRED)
+        find_package(fmt 5.3.0 CONFIG REQUIRED)
     endif()
     target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
     target_compile_definitions(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)