diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindACE.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindACE.cmake
index bfa1e92472..82aeaf4870 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindACE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindACE.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cp2k_include_dirs(
 cp2k_find_libraries(ACE "pace")
 cp2k_find_libraries(ACE_YAML "yaml-cpp-pace")
 if(NOT CP2K_ACE_YAML_FOUND)
-  cp2k_find_libraries(ACE_YAML "yaml")
+  cp2k_find_libraries(ACE_YAML "yaml-cpp")
 endif()
 cp2k_find_libraries(ACE_CNPY "cnpy")