diff --git a/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake b/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake
index 13fc78de05cd58b66df1654ba51b0f98cdff1479..6b7910cbc47b0546b1924fe214d80658ebb56176 100644
--- a/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake
+++ b/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ endforeach()
 
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES_L "")
 foreach(DEPENDENCY ${${PROJECT_NAME}_PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES})
-    string(APPEND ${PROJECT_NAME}_PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES_L "find_package(${DEPENDENCY} REQUIRED)\n")
+    string(APPEND ${PROJECT_NAME}_PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES_L "find_dependency(${DEPENDENCY})\n")
 endforeach()
 
 # we have nested @-statements, so we have to parse twice: