diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake
index 5a221cc920..598ea8f9e5 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ else()
     find_package(KIM-API ${KIM-API_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE KIM-API::kim-api)
   else()
-    # For kim-api < 2.2.0
+    # For kim-api 2.1.3 (consistent with previous version of this file)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-    pkg_check_modules(KIM-API REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libkim-api>=${KIM-API_MIN_VERSION})
+    pkg_check_modules(KIM-API REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libkim-api>=2.1.3)
     target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE PkgConfig::KIM-API)
   endif()
 endif()