diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 85dd6cd..4967d8a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ target_include_directories(exiv2lib SYSTEM PRIVATE
 
 if (EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP OR EXIV2_ENABLE_EXTERNAL_XMP)
     target_include_directories(exiv2lib PRIVATE ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE EXPAT::EXPAT)
+    target_link_libraries(exiv2lib PRIVATE expat::expat)
     list(APPEND requires_private_list "expat")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt b/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 87c59c0..d2f23e6 100644
--- a/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ target_include_directories(exiv2-xmp SYSTEM
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/xmpsdk/include
         ${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
+target_link_libraries(exiv2-xmp PRIVATE expat::expat)
 
 # Prevent a denial-service-attack related to XML entity expansion
 # ("billion laughs attack").