--- cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake	2023-08-28 06:26:43.000000000 -0500
+++ cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake	2023-11-03 10:26:13.383171830 -0500
@@ -1711,8 +1711,12 @@
 
 if(tmva-sofie)
   message(STATUS "Looking for Protobuf")
-  find_package(Protobuf)
+  set(protobuf_MODULE_COMPATIBLE TRUE)
+  find_package(Protobuf CONFIG)
   if(NOT Protobuf_FOUND)
+    find_package(Protobuf MODULE)
+  endif()
+  if(NOT Protobuf_FOUND)
     if(fail-on-missing)
       message(FATAL_ERROR "Protobuf libraries not found and they are required (tmva-sofie option enabled)")
     else()
--- tmva/sofie/test/CMakeLists.txt	2023-08-28 06:26:43.000000000 -0500
+++ tmva/sofie/test/CMakeLists.txt	2023-11-03 10:41:04.048362415 -0500
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ginclude   # this is for RConfigure.h
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(emitFromONNX ${Protobuf_LIBRARIES} ROOTTMVASofie ROOTTMVASofieParser)
+target_link_libraries(emitFromONNX protobuf::libprotobuf ROOTTMVASofie ROOTTMVASofieParser)
 set_target_properties(emitFromONNX PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
 ## silence protobuf warnings seen in version 3.0 and 3.6. Not needed from protobuf version 3.17
 target_compile_options(emitFromONNX PRIVATE -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-array-bounds)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/core/foundation/inc
    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ginclude   # this is for RConfigure.h
 )
-target_link_libraries(emitFromROOT ${Protobuf_LIBRARIES} ROOTTMVASofie ROOTTMVASofieParser)
+target_link_libraries(emitFromROOT protobuf::libprotobuf ROOTTMVASofie ROOTTMVASofieParser)
 set_target_properties(emitFromROOT PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
 ## silence protobuf warnings seen in version 3.0 and 3.6. Not needed from protobuf version 3.17
 target_compile_options(emitFromROOT PRIVATE -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-array-bounds)
--- tmva/sofie_parsers/CMakeLists.txt	2023-08-28 06:26:43.000000000 -0500
+++ tmva/sofie_parsers/CMakeLists.txt	2023-11-03 10:46:44.101759248 -0500
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
     src/ParseFuseConvTransposeAdd.cxx
     src/ParseFuseMatMulAdd.cxx
     ${PROTO_SRCS}
-  LIBRARIES
-    ${Protobuf_LIBRARIES}
+  LIBRARIES PUBLIC
+    protobuf::libprotobuf
   DEPENDENCIES
     TMVA
     ROOTTMVASofie
@@ -64,7 +64,5 @@
 
 target_include_directories(ROOTTMVASofieParser PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>)
-target_include_directories(ROOTTMVASofieParser PUBLIC
-  ${Protobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 set_target_properties(ROOTTMVASofieParser PROPERTIES
   POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)