diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 774dce8de81..cee5158b395 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND ANDROID)
 endif()
 
 set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIGURATION>")
+set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIGURATION>")
 
 # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/policy/CMP0168.html#policy:CMP0168
 if(POLICY CMP0168)
@@ -288,6 +290,11 @@ endif()
 
 cmake_dependent_option(QGC_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES "Force Building of Dependencies." OFF "NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING;NOT MACOS_UNIVERSAL_BUILD" ON)
 
+include(CPM)
+if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING OR ANDROID OR MACOS_UNIVERSAL_BUILD)
+    set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_ALL ON CACHE BOOL "Download all Dependencies" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 #######################################################
 #                Custom Build Configuration
 #######################################################
diff --git a/cmake/find-modules/FindShapelib.cmake b/cmake/find-modules/FindShapelib.cmake
index cb1341cab54..344374e2f35 100644
--- a/cmake/find-modules/FindShapelib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/find-modules/FindShapelib.cmake
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ mark_as_advanced(Shapelib_INCLUDE_DIR Shapelib_LIBRARY)
 if(Shapelib_FOUND)
     set(Shapelib_INCLUDE_DIRS "${Shapelib_INCLUDE_DIR}")
     set(Shapelib_LIBRARIES "${Shapelib_LIBRARY}")
-    if(NOT TARGET SHAPELIB::shp)
-        add_library(SHAPELIB::shp UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-        set_target_properties(SHAPELIB::shp PROPERTIES
+    if(NOT TARGET shapelib::shp)
+        add_library(shapelib::shp UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+        set_target_properties(shapelib::shp PROPERTIES
                               INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Shapelib_INCLUDE_DIR}"
                               IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES C
                               IMPORTED_LOCATION "${Shapelib_LIBRARY}")
diff --git a/src/AnalyzeView/CMakeLists.txt b/src/AnalyzeView/CMakeLists.txt
index ca0f6d6e2db..c8f4d194366 100644
--- a/src/AnalyzeView/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/AnalyzeView/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,12 +102,39 @@ endif()
 
 #===========================================================================#
 
-include(CPM)
+set(EXIV2_VERSION 0.28.3)
+
+if(NOT QGC_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES)
+    if(MSVC)
+        set(EXIV2_RELEASE_URL "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/releases/download/v${EXIV2_VERSION}/exiv2-${EXIV2_VERSION}-2019msvc64.zip")
+    elseif(LINUX)
+        set(EXIV2_RELEASE_URL "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/releases/download/v${EXIV2_VERSION}/exiv2-${EXIV2_VERSION}-Linux64.tar.gz")
+    elseif(MACOS)
+        set(EXIV2_RELEASE_URL "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/releases/download/v${EXIV2_VERSION}/exiv2-${EXIV2_VERSION}-Darwin.tar.gz")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+if(EXIV2_RELEASE_URL)
+    include(CPM)
+    CPMAddPackage(
+        NAME exiv2
+        URL ${EXIV2_RELEASE_URL}
+        VERSION ${EXIV2_VERSION}
+        DOWNLOAD_ONLY
+    )
+
+    if(exiv2_ADDED)
+        target_include_directories(AnalyzeView PRIVATE ${exiv2_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+        target_link_directories(AnalyzeView PUBLIC ${exiv2_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)
+        target_link_libraries(AnalyzeView PRIVATE exiv2)
+        return()
+    endif()
+endif()
 
 # https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_6_4/expat-win32bin-2.6.4.zip
 
 CPMFindPackage(
-    NAME expat
+    NAME EXPAT
     VERSION 2.2.6
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY libexpat/libexpat
     GIT_TAG "R_2_6_4"
@@ -123,25 +150,16 @@ CPMFindPackage(
         "EXPAT_SHARED_LIBS OFF"
 )
 
-# if(MSVC)
-#     set(EXIV2_URL "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/releases/download/v${EXIV2_VERSION}/exiv2-${EXIV2_VERSION}-2019msvc64.zip")
-# elseif(LINUX)
-#     set(EXIV2_URL "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/releases/download/v${EXIV2_VERSION}/exiv2-${EXIV2_VERSION}-Linux64.tar.gz")
-# elseif(MACOS)
-#     set(EXIV2_URL "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/releases/download/v${EXIV2_VERSION}/exiv2-${EXIV2_VERSION}-Darwin.tar.gz")
-# endif()
-
 if(TARGET EXPAT::EXPAT)
     set(_EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP ON)
 else()
     set(_EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP OFF)
 endif()
 
-CPMAddPackage(
+CPMFindPackage(
     NAME exiv2
-    VERSION 0.28
+    VERSION ${EXIV2_VERSION}
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY Exiv2/exiv2
-    GIT_TAG v0.28.3
     OPTIONS
         "EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP ${_EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP}"
         "EXIV2_ENABLE_EXTERNAL_XMP OFF"
@@ -161,7 +179,7 @@ CPMAddPackage(
         "EXIV2_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS OFF"
         "EXIV2_BUILD_FUZZ_TESTS OFF"
         "EXIV2_BUILD_DOC OFF"
-        "BUILD_WITH_CCACHE ON"
+        "BUILD_WITH_CCACHE OFF"
 )
 
 if(TARGET Exiv2::exiv2lib)
diff --git a/src/Geo/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Geo/CMakeLists.txt
index d69317eb727..54f13f58ca6 100644
--- a/src/Geo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Geo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,9 +22,17 @@ if(LINUX AND EXISTS "/usr/share/cmake/geographiclib")
 endif()
 
 include(CPM)
-CPMAddPackage(
+# CPMAddPackage(
+#     NAME geographiclib
+#     VERSION 2.5
+#     URL https://sourceforge.net/projects/geographiclib/files/distrib-C%2B%2B/GeographicLib-2.5.tar.gz/download
+#     DOWNLOAD_ONLY
+#     SOURCE_SUBDIR src
+# )
+
+CPMFindPackage(
     NAME geographiclib
-    VERSION 2.3
+    VERSION 2.5
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY geographiclib/geographiclib
     GIT_TAG r2.5
     OPTIONS
@@ -43,6 +51,8 @@ CPMAddPackage(
         "PKGDIR OFF"
         "DOCDIR OFF"
         "EXAMPLEDIR OFF"
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    SYSTEM
 )
 
 if(TARGET GeographicLib::GeographicLib)
diff --git a/src/Joystick/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Joystick/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dab435ac8a..d0c9e046fea 100644
--- a/src/Joystick/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Joystick/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 endif()
 
 CPMFindPackage(
-    NAME sdl2
+    NAME SDL2
     VERSION 2.0.20
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY libsdl-org/SDL
     GIT_TAG release-2.30.11
@@ -118,4 +118,6 @@ CPMFindPackage(
 
 if(TARGET SDL2::SDL2-static)
     target_link_libraries(Joystick PRIVATE SDL2::SDL2-static)
+elseif(TARGET SDL2::SDL2)
+    target_link_libraries(Joystick PRIVATE SDL2::SDL2)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/Utilities/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Utilities/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ced593bbcf..ff278ea3ee6 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Utilities/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,15 +63,20 @@ endif()
 #===========================================================================#
 
 include(CPM)
-CPMFindPackage(
-    NAME shapelib
-    VERSION 1.6.0
+CPMAddPackage(
+    NAME Shapelib
+    VERSION 1.6.1
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY OSGeo/shapelib
-    GIT_TAG v1.6.1
     OPTIONS
         "BUILD_SHAPELIB_CONTRIB OFF"
         "BUILD_APPS OFF"
         "BUILD_TESTING OFF"
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(Utilities PRIVATE shp)
+if(Shapelib_ADDED)
+    if(TARGET shp)
+        target_link_libraries(Utilities PRIVATE shp)
+    elseif(TARGET shapelib::shp)
+        target_link_libraries(Utilities PRIVATE shapelib::shp)
+    endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/src/Utilities/Compression/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Utilities/Compression/CMakeLists.txt
index 29456af7c2d..5358afbf6df 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/Compression/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Utilities/Compression/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ target_include_directories(Compression PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 include(CPM)
 CPMFindPackage(
-    NAME zlib
+    NAME ZLIB
     VERSION 1.3.1
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY madler/zlib
     OPTIONS
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ CPMFindPackage(
         "ZLIB_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON"
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(Compression PRIVATE zlibstatic)
+if(ZLIB_ADDED)
+    target_link_libraries(Compression PRIVATE zlibstatic)
+else()
+    find_package(Qt6ZlibPrivate REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(Compression PRIVATE Qt6::ZlibPrivate)
+endif()
 
 #===========================================================================#