diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6cf4449c..ff7a64d3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ 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 REQUIRED)
+        find_package(fmt 5.3.0 REQUIRED)
     endif ()
     target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
     target_compile_definitions(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)