diff --git a/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index e1036550e..eba430be2 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/hello_world_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER 1)
-set(IGN_COMMON_VER 3)
-
 find_package(ignition-rendering7 REQUIRED)
+set(IGN_RENDERING_VER ${ignition-rendering7_VERSION_MAJOR})
+
 find_package(ignition-plugin1 REQUIRED COMPONENTS all)
+set(IGN_PLUGIN_VER ${ignition-plugin1_VERSION_MAJOR})
+
+find_package(ignition-common5 REQUIRED)
+set(IGN_COMMON_VER ${ignition-common5_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 add_library(HelloWorldPlugin SHARED HelloWorldPlugin.cc)
 target_link_libraries(HelloWorldPlugin
   PUBLIC
-    ${IGNITION-RENDERING_LIBRARIES}
-    ${ignition-common${IGN_COMMON_VER}_LIBRARIES}
+    ignition-rendering${IGN_RENDERING_VER}::ignition-rendering${IGN_RENDERING_VER}
+    ignition-common${IGN_COMMON_VER}::ignition-common${IGN_COMMON_VER}
   PRIVATE
     ignition-plugin${IGN_PLUGIN_VER}::register
 )