diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b54f71a3..3e336071 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -232,16 +232,16 @@ if (sol2-is-top-level-project)
 	else ()
 		if (NORMALIZED_LUA_VERSION MATCHES "5.1")
 			set(CREATE_LUALIB_TARGET TRUE)
-			find_package(Lua 5.1 EXACT REQUIRED)
+			find_package(Lua 5.1 REQUIRED)
 		elseif(NORMALIZED_LUA_VERSION MATCHES "5.2")
 			set(CREATE_LUALIB_TARGET TRUE)
-			find_package(Lua 5.2 EXACT REQUIRED)
+			find_package(Lua 5.2 REQUIRED)
 		elseif(NORMALIZED_LUA_VERSION MATCHES "5.3")
 			set(CREATE_LUALIB_TARGET TRUE)
-			find_package(Lua 5.3 EXACT REQUIRED)
+			find_package(Lua 5.3 REQUIRED)
 		elseif(NORMALIZED_LUA_VERSION MATCHES "5.4")
 			set(CREATE_LUALIB_TARGET TRUE)
-			find_package(Lua 5.4 EXACT REQUIRED)
+			find_package(Lua 5.4 REQUIRED)
 		elseif(NORMALIZED_LUA_VERSION MATCHES "luajit")
 			set(CREATE_LUALIB_TARGET TRUE)
 			find_package(LuaJIT REQUIRED)