diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e5a50fce..3b79a5933 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,8 +99,17 @@ elseif (MLX_BUILD_METAL)
 endif()
 
 MESSAGE(STATUS "Downloading json")
-find_package(nlohmann_json 3.11.3 REQUIRED)
-target_link_libraries(mlx nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  json 
+  GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/nlohmann/json"
+  GIT_TAG "v3.11.3"
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(json)
+target_include_directories(
+    mlx PUBLIC
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${json_SOURCE_DIR}/single_include/nlohmann>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/json>
+)
 
 find_library(ACCELERATE_LIBRARY Accelerate)
 if (MLX_BUILD_ARM AND ACCELERATE_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/mlx/safetensor.h b/mlx/safetensor.h
index ce5b354b2..5a6fa24b8 100644
--- a/mlx/safetensor.h
+++ b/mlx/safetensor.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <json.hpp>
 
 #include "mlx/load.h"
 #include "mlx/ops.h"
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ namespace mlx::core {
 #define ST_U16 "U16"
 #define ST_U32 "U32"
 #define ST_U64 "U64"
-} // namespace mlx::core
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace mlx::core