diff --git a/examples/hello_world_loader/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello_world_loader/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ddae3392..9805f34f3 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world_loader/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/hello_world_loader/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(ign-physics-hello-world-loader)
 
-set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER 1)
-find_package(ignition-plugin${IGN_PLUGIN_VER} 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
+find_package(ignition-plugin1 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
+set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER ${ignition-plugin1_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
-set(IGN_PHYSICS_VER 6)
-find_package(ignition-physics${IGN_PHYSICS_VER} REQUIRED)
+find_package(ignition-physics6 REQUIRED)
+set(IGN_PHYSICS_VER ${ignition-physics6_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 add_executable(hello_world_loader hello_world_loader.cc)
 target_link_libraries(hello_world_loader
diff --git a/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bd696d70..1f3537f69 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(ign-physics-hello-world-plugin)
 
-set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER 1)
-find_package(ignition-plugin${IGN_PLUGIN_VER} 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
+find_package(ignition-plugin1 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
+set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER ${ignition-plugin1_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
-set(IGN_PHYSICS_VER 6)
-find_package(ignition-physics${IGN_PHYSICS_VER} REQUIRED)
+find_package(ignition-physics6 REQUIRED)
+set(IGN_PHYSICS_VER ${ignition-physics6_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 add_library(HelloWorldPlugin SHARED HelloWorldPlugin.cc)
 target_link_libraries(HelloWorldPlugin
diff --git a/examples/simple_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/simple_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 98212cc27..2470da9f2 100644
--- a/examples/simple_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/simple_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(ign-physics-simple-plugin)
 
-set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER 1)
-find_package(ignition-plugin${IGN_PLUGIN_VER} 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
+find_package(ignition-plugin1 1.1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
+set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER ${ignition-plugin1_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
-set(IGN_PHYSICS_VER 6)
-find_package(ignition-physics${IGN_PHYSICS_VER} REQUIRED)
+find_package(ignition-physics6 REQUIRED)
+set(IGN_PHYSICS_VER ${ignition-physics6_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 add_library(SimplePlugin SHARED plugin.cc EntityManagementFeatures.cc)
 target_link_libraries(SimplePlugin