--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectFlatbuffers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectFlatbuffers.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 if(WITH_FLATBUFFERS)
   set(HAVE_FLATBUFFERS 1)
-  set(flatbuffers_VERSION "23.5.9")
-  ocv_install_3rdparty_licenses(flatbuffers "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/flatbuffers/LICENSE.txt")
-  ocv_add_external_target(flatbuffers "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/flatbuffers/include" "" "HAVE_FLATBUFFERS=1")
-  set(CUSTOM_STATUS_flatbuffers "    Flatbuffers:" "builtin/3rdparty (${flatbuffers_VERSION})")
+  set(flatbuffers_VERSION "23.5.26")
+  find_path(FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR flatbuffers.h PATH_SUFFIXES flatbuffers)
+  get_filename_component(FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR "${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR}" PATH)
+  ocv_add_external_target(flatbuffers "${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR}" "" "HAVE_FLATBUFFERS=1")
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_FLATBUFFERS OR HAVE_FLATBUFFERS)