diff --git a/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt b/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
index d26bd651ee6..153810e21b4 100644
--- a/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
     PUBLIC BaseLib Eigen3::Eigen MathLib $<$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_GUI}>:rapidxml>
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_GUI}>:Qt5::Xml>
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_BUILD_GUI}>:Qt5::XmlPatterns>
-           fmt::fmt
+           fmt::fmt-header-only
     PRIVATE range-v3 tet
 )
 
diff --git a/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a98e56bdb2..d184bfca005 100644
--- a/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
            $<$<BOOL:${OGS_USE_PETSC}>:petsc>
            Eigen3::Eigen
            $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX>:OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX>
-           fmt::fmt
+           fmt::fmt-header-only
 )
 
 if(OGS_USE_LIS)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/CheckHeaderCompilation.cmake b/scripts/cmake/CheckHeaderCompilation.cmake
index 15df621a6fe..fd8adb5cacd 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/CheckHeaderCompilation.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/CheckHeaderCompilation.cmake
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function(_check_header_compilation target)
         nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
         range-v3
         # petsc; is given via ${PETSC_INCLUDES} below.
-        fmt::fmt
+        fmt::fmt-header-only
     )
         # Ignore non-existing targets or interface libs
         if(NOT TARGET ${lib})
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index fcd15b66594..0a6cf4a8439 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Check spdlog release for compatible fmt release. fmt may be provided by vtk
 # _ext build.
-if(NOT TARGET fmt::fmt)
+if(NOT TARGET fmt::fmt-header-only)
     CPMFindPackage(
         NAME fmt
         GIT_TAG 10.1.0