diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
index 9a1b8a1..a4739cb 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # ctbench dependency management must be centralized here to avoid
 # duplicate find_package calls and expose all dependencies in a single file.
 
-find_package(nlohmann_json 3.9.1 REQUIRED)
+find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
 find_package(sciplot REQUIRED)
 find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)