diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index f27b41c1d..0f79fbe32 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if (nlohmann_json_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(edm4hep2json PUBLIC ROOT::Core
                                             ROOT::Tree
                                             podio::podio
-                                            podio::podioRootIO
+                                            podio::podioIO
                                             edm4hep
                                             nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)