diff --git a/DDG4/CMakeLists.txt b/DDG4/CMakeLists.txt
index f4f55c20ee2091ea4cc3310195cf63cefd0ffec2..21b7c45a55f746ac3559149829a0588cc3a4b203 100644
--- a/DDG4/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/DDG4/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ IF(DD4HEP_USE_HEPMC3)
 
   IF(ZLIB_FOUND)
     list(APPEND DDG4HepMC3_INCLUDES ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    list(APPEND DDG4HepMC3_USES ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
+    list(APPEND DDG4HepMC3_USES ZLIB::ZLIB)
     list(APPEND DDG4HepMC3_DEFINITIONS HEPMC3_USE_COMPRESSION HEPMC3_Z_SUPPORT=1)
   ENDIF()
   IF(LIBLZMA_FOUND)