diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 418fa97a0..b780e3144 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2542,7 +2542,11 @@ endif()
 if(((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "8.0.0")) OR
   ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "9.0")) OR
   ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "11")))
-    find_package(Protobuf 21.12 EXACT)
+    if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.19)
+        find_package(Protobuf)
+    else()
+        find_package(Protobuf 3.0...21.12)
+    endif()
 else()
     find_package(Protobuf)
 endif()
@@ -2631,7 +2635,7 @@ if(Protobuf_FOUND AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if((NOT Protobuf_FOUND) OR (NOT Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE) OR (${Protobuf_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${GNSSSDR_PROTOBUF_MIN_VERSION}) OR ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "8.0.0")))
+if((NOT Protobuf_FOUND) OR (NOT Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE) OR (${Protobuf_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${GNSSSDR_PROTOBUF_MIN_VERSION}))
     unset(Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE)
     if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
         if(NOT Protobuf_FOUND)