diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 453695c0..900c6cc3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 option(ENABLE_PLUGINS "Compile with plugin support" ON)
-find_package(Lua) # Lua 5.4 is only supported with cmake >=3.18
+find_package(Lua ${LUA_VERSION} EXACT) # Lua 5.4 is only supported with cmake >=3.18
 message(STATUS "Found Lua: ${Lua_FOUND}")
 if (Lua_FOUND AND ENABLE_PLUGINS)
     # currently not fully supported by cmake