diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 659254bf1e215c6c203eb82c0d2bca030a12a0b9..a27c14d50b8e2ba0d0797d9a633e6af9d2629f2c 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ set(_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY_TEST_CHECKS
 )
 
 # add special cmake functions for gtest
+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
 include(GoogleTest)
 
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ foreach (i RANGE "${len_test_cases}")
     set(libcaosdb_TEST_SRC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${test_case_name}.cpp
         ${libcaosdb_TEST_SRC}")
     target_link_libraries(${test_case_name}
-        PRIVATE ${LIBCAOSDB} ccaosdb ${CONAN_LIBS_GTEST} ${CONAN_LIBS_BOOST})
+        PRIVATE ${LIBCAOSDB} ccaosdb gtest::gtest boost::boost)
     target_include_directories(${test_case_name}
       PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
     if(_LINTING)