diff --git a/cmake/matplotlib_cppConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/matplotlib_cppConfig.cmake.in
index 5d13c683..1ca149a2 100644
--- a/cmake/matplotlib_cppConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/matplotlib_cppConfig.cmake.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if(NOT DEFINED matplotlib_cpp_FOUND)
   set(matplotlib_cpp_FOUND 1)
   set(matplotlib_cpp_INCLUDE_DIRS "@matplotlib_cpp_include_dirs@")
 
-  find_package(PythonLibs 3.8 REQUIRED)
+  find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED)
   find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS NumPy)
 
   include_directories(