diff --git CMakeLists.txt CMakeLists.txt
index 3feba7ee..b4c2d473 100755
--- CMakeLists.txt
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ install(
     FILE ${OCIO_TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME}
 )
 
-if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+if (0)
     # Install custom macros used in the find modules.
     install(FILES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/share/cmake/macros/VersionUtils.cmake
diff --git share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
index aa2550ac..04b51b25 100644
--- share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
+++ share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ocio_handle_dependency(  expat REQUIRED ALLOW_INSTALL
 # https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp
 ocio_handle_dependency(  yaml-cpp REQUIRED ALLOW_INSTALL
                          MIN_VERSION 0.6.3
-                         RECOMMENDED_VERSION 0.7.0
+                         RECOMMENDED_VERSION 0.8.0
                          RECOMMENDED_VERSION_REASON "Latest version tested with OCIO")
 
 # pystring
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ ocio_handle_dependency(  ZLIB REQUIRED ALLOW_INSTALL
 
 # minizip-ng
 # https://github.com/zlib-ng/minizip-ng
-ocio_handle_dependency(  minizip-ng REQUIRED ALLOW_INSTALL
+ocio_handle_dependency(  minizip REQUIRED ALLOW_INSTALL
                          MIN_VERSION 3.0.6
-                         RECOMMENDED_VERSION 3.0.7
+                         RECOMMENDED_VERSION 4.0.1
                          RECOMMENDED_VERSION_REASON "Latest version tested with OCIO")
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ if(OCIO_BUILD_APPS)
 
     # lcms2
     # https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS
-    ocio_handle_dependency(  lcms2 REQUIRED ALLOW_INSTALL
+    ocio_handle_dependency(  lcms REQUIRED ALLOW_INSTALL
                              MIN_VERSION 2.2
                              RECOMMENDED_VERSION 2.2
                              RECOMMENDED_VERSION_REASON "Latest version tested with OCIO")
diff --git share/cmake/utils/CppVersion.cmake share/cmake/utils/CppVersion.cmake
index 175d89c2..ac93b87a 100644
--- share/cmake/utils/CppVersion.cmake
+++ share/cmake/utils/CppVersion.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ elseif(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD IN_LIST SUPPORTED_CXX_STANDARDS)
             "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} is unsupported. Supported standards are: ${SUPPORTED_CXX_STANDARDS_STR}.")
 endif()
 
-set_property(CACHE CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD PROPERTY STRINGS "${SUPPORTED_CXX_STANDARDS}")
+# set_property(CACHE CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD PROPERTY STRINGS "${SUPPORTED_CXX_STANDARDS}")
 
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
diff --git src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d2894da..33540a11 100755
--- src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ target_link_libraries(OpenColorIO
         "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:utils::from_chars>"
         "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:utils::strings>"
         "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:xxHash>"
-        ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
-        MINIZIP::minizip-ng
+        PUBLIC yaml-cpp
+        MINIZIP::minizip
 )
 
 if(OCIO_USE_SIMD AND OCIO_USE_SSE2NEON AND COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSE_WITH_SSE2NEON)
diff --git src/apps/ocioarchive/CMakeLists.txt src/apps/ocioarchive/CMakeLists.txt
index 599d706f..efe6cd5a 100644
--- src/apps/ocioarchive/CMakeLists.txt
+++ src/apps/ocioarchive/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ocioarchive
     PRIVATE
         apputils
         OpenColorIO
-        MINIZIP::minizip-ng
+        MINIZIP::minizip
 )
 
 include(StripUtils)
diff --git src/apps/ociobakelut/CMakeLists.txt src/apps/ociobakelut/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d6e586b..f7069a1f 100755
--- src/apps/ociobakelut/CMakeLists.txt
+++ src/apps/ociobakelut/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set_target_properties(ociobakelut
 target_link_libraries(ociobakelut 
     PRIVATE 
         apputils
-        lcms2::lcms2
+        lcms::lcms
         OpenColorIO
 )