diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b6923450..09e1e307d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ if (OPM_ENABLE_PYTHON)
     if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE AND NOT Python3_EXECUTABLE)
       set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
     endif()
-    find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module)
+    if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.18.0")
+      find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+    else()
+      find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module)
+    endif()
   endif()
   if(Python3_VERSION_MINOR LESS 3)
     # Python native namespace packages requires python >= 3.3