diff --git a/CMake/Dependencies.cmake b/CMake/Dependencies.cmake
index 959fdf5..dcd28bb 100644
--- a/CMake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ find_package(FreeImage)
 macro_log_feature(FreeImage_FOUND "freeimage" "Support for commonly used graphics image formats" "http://freeimage.sourceforge.net" FALSE "" "")
 
 # Find FreeType
-find_package(Freetype)
+find_package(freetype CONFIG REQUIRED)
 macro_log_feature(FREETYPE_FOUND "freetype" "Portable font engine" "http://www.freetype.org" FALSE "" "")
 
 # Find X11
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ macro_log_feature(SWIG_FOUND "SWIG" "Language bindings (Python, Java, C#) for OG
 # Find sdl2
 if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
   # find script does not work in cross compilation environment
-  find_package(SDL2 QUIET)
+  find_package(SDL2 CONFIG REQUIRED)
   macro_log_feature(SDL2_FOUND "SDL2" "Simple DirectMedia Library needed for input handling in samples" "https://www.libsdl.org/" FALSE "" "")
   if(SDL2_FOUND AND NOT TARGET SDL2::SDL2)
     add_library(SDL2::SDL2 INTERFACE IMPORTED)
diff --git a/PlugIns/DotScene/CMakeLists.txt b/PlugIns/DotScene/CMakeLists.txt
index fd285df..ab8e9c1 100644
--- a/PlugIns/DotScene/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/PlugIns/DotScene/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-find_package(pugixml QUIET)
+find_package(pugixml CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 file(GLOB HEADER_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*.h")
 list(APPEND HEADER_FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/OgreDotScenePluginExports.h)
diff --git a/Tools/XMLConverter/CMakeLists.txt b/Tools/XMLConverter/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fe9683..2a516b2 100644
--- a/Tools/XMLConverter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tools/XMLConverter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES
 )
 
 # allow override by cmake
-find_package(pugixml QUIET)
+find_package(pugixml CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 add_executable(OgreXMLConverter ${HEADER_FILES} ${SOURCE_FILES})
 target_include_directories(OgreXMLConverter PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)