diff --git a/cmake/alpakaCommon.cmake b/cmake/alpakaCommon.cmake
index cad0809b3826..35a26ad0bd28 100644
--- a/cmake/alpakaCommon.cmake
+++ b/cmake/alpakaCommon.cmake
@@ -503,11 +503,7 @@ if(alpaka_ACC_GPU_HIP_ENABLE)
     # supported HIP version range
     set(_alpaka_HIP_MIN_VER 5.0)
     set(_alpaka_HIP_MAX_VER 5.5)
-    find_package(hip "${_alpaka_HIP_MAX_VER}")
-    if(NOT TARGET hip)
-        message(STATUS "Could not find HIP v${_alpaka_HIP_MAX_VER}. Now searching for HIP v${_alpaka_HIP_MIN_VER}")
-        find_package(hip "${_alpaka_HIP_MIN_VER}")
-    endif()
+    find_package(hip "${_alpaka_HIP_MIN_VER}...<${_alpaka_HIP_MAX_VER}")
 
     if(NOT TARGET hip)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Optional alpaka dependency HIP could not be found!")