diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 32482ec331..628a97265a 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -520,10 +520,15 @@ target_link_libraries(components
     SQLite::SQLite3
     smhasher
     ${ICU_LIBRARIES}
-    yaml-cpp
     ZLIB::ZLIB
     )
 
+if(yaml-cpp_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 0.8.0)
+    target_link_libraries(components yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp)
+else()
+    target_link_libraries(components yaml-cpp)
+endif()
+
 if(Boost_VERSION_STRING VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 1.77.0)
     target_link_libraries(components ${Boost_ATOMIC_LIBRARY})
 endif()