diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 264b563..9d0c5c5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ set_target_properties(Greeter PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17)
 target_compile_options(Greeter PUBLIC "$<$<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:CXX,MSVC>:/permissive>")
 
 # Link dependencies
-target_link_libraries(Greeter PUBLIC fmt::fmt)
+target_link_libraries(Greeter PRIVATE fmt::fmt)
 
 target_include_directories(
   Greeter PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>