diff --git a/capi/CMakeLists.txt b/capi/CMakeLists.txt
index c01dadd..8593a27 100644
--- a/capi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/capi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0.2)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0.2...3.28.1)
 
 # Use rpaths for now, previously there were issues with osx
 SET(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH  FALSE)
@@ -13,25 +13,25 @@ project(libpdfflow)
 
 set(VERSION "\"0.1\"")
 
-find_package(PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
-find_package(PythonLibs   3 REQUIRED)
+find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
 
 # running the cffi builder
 if (NOT EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR/src/cpdfflow.cc})
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/build.py WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/build.py WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 endif()
 
-include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+include_directories(${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(src)
 add_library(pdfflow SHARED ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpdfflow.c)
+target_link_libraries(pdfflow ${Python3_LIBRARIES})
 
 # pkg-config
 set(prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 set(exec_prefix "${prefix}")
 set(includedir "${prefix}/include")
-set(extraincludirs "-I${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+set(extraincludirs "-I${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 set(libdir "${prefix}/lib")
-set(pythonlibs "${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}")
+set(pythonlibs "${Python3_LIBRARIES}")
 
 configure_file(
   "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/pdfflow.pc.in"
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ configure_file(
 
 install(FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/pdfflow.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig)
 install(DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/pdfflow DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
-install(TARGETS pdfflow LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)
\ No newline at end of file
+install(TARGETS pdfflow LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)
diff --git a/capi/README.md b/capi/README.md
index df96a8a..26bc208 100644
--- a/capi/README.md
+++ b/capi/README.md
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ pkg-config pdfflow --cflags
 pkg-config pdfflow --libs
 ```
 
-If you installed to a non-standard location, you need to set up the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` and `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, e.g.:
+If you installed to a non-standard location, you need to set up the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` and `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, e.g., for a `VIRTUAL_ENV`:
 ```bash
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${VIRTUAL_ENV}/lib/pkgconfig/:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${VIRTUAL_ENV}/lib/:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:
+export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=${VIRTUAL_ENV}/lib:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}:
 ```