diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/PYTHON.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/PYTHON.cmake
index b2451ebbdf..ba5ecff6bb 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/PYTHON.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/PYTHON.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 if(PKG_PYTHON)
-  find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED)
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
+    find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED) # Deprecated since version 3.12
+    target_include_directories(lammps PRIVATE ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
+  else()
+    find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development)
+    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE Python::Python)
+  endif()
   target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLMP_PYTHON)
-  target_include_directories(lammps PRIVATE ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
 endif()