diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 248f5a67b..cbb35e879 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if (${USE_ROOT})
     find_package(ROOT REQUIRED)
     set(JANA2_HAVE_ROOT 1)
     include_directories(${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    link_libraries(${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    link_libraries(ROOT::Core)
     execute_process(
         COMMAND ${ROOT_BINDIR}/root-config --features
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE ROOT_FEATURES
diff --git a/src/examples/misc/RootDatamodelExample/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/misc/RootDatamodelExample/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ca2e4fc8..589ff9cf0 100644
--- a/src/examples/misc/RootDatamodelExample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/misc/RootDatamodelExample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if(${USE_ROOT})
         PUBLIC_HEADER ${RootDatamodelExample_HEADERS})
 
     target_include_directories(RootDatamodelExample PUBLIC ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(RootDatamodelExample PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(RootDatamodelExample PUBLIC ROOT::Core)
 
     message(STATUS "Installing ROOT PCM files: ${my_pcms}")
     install(FILES ${my_pcms} DESTINATION lib/JANA/plugins)
diff --git a/src/libraries/JANA/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libraries/JANA/CMakeLists.txt
index 14457ea11..42da51242 100644
--- a/src/libraries/JANA/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libraries/JANA/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ target_link_libraries(jana2 PRIVATE VendoredTomlPlusPlus)
 target_link_libraries(jana2 PRIVATE VendoredMD5) # To pull in the header file
 
 if (${USE_PODIO})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2 PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2 PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO)
 elseif (${USE_ROOT})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2 PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2 PUBLIC ROOT::Core)
 endif()
 
 
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
 target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC VendoredTomlPlusPlus)
 
 if (${USE_PODIO})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO)
 elseif (${USE_ROOT})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2_static_lib PUBLIC ROOT::Core)
 endif()
 install(TARGETS jana2_static_lib EXPORT jana2_targets DESTINATION lib)
 
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
 target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC VendoredTomlPlusPlus)
 
 if (${USE_PODIO})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC podio::podio podio::podioRootIO)
 elseif (${USE_ROOT})
-    target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC ${ROOT_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(jana2_shared_lib PUBLIC ROOT::Core)
 endif()
 
 install(TARGETS jana2_shared_lib EXPORT jana2_targets DESTINATION lib)