diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b718b25b9..456dc4be9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ endif()
 
 if(USE_PROJ)
     #https://proj.org/development/cmake.html
-    mapnik_find_package(PROJ4 QUIET)
+    mapnik_find_package(PROJ QUIET)
     # currently the cmake files are not installed, when installing proj via apt-get. So search via pkg-config
-    if(NOT PROJ4_FOUND)
+    if(NOT PROJ_FOUND)
         message(STATUS "PROJ not found via FindPROJ. Searching via pkg-config...")
         pkg_check_modules(PROJ REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET proj)
         string(REGEX MATCH "([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)" _dummy "${PROJ_VERSION}")
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ if(USE_PROJ)
         set(PROJ_VERSION_MINOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
         set(PROJ_VERSION_PATCH "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
     endif()
-    math(EXPR MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION "${PROJ4_VERSION_MAJOR}*10000 + ${PROJ4_VERSION_MINOR}*100 + ${PROJ4_VERSION_PATCH}" OUTPUT_FORMAT DECIMAL)
+    math(EXPR MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION "${PROJ_VERSION_MAJOR}*10000 + ${PROJ_VERSION_MINOR}*100 + ${PROJ_VERSION_PATCH}" OUTPUT_FORMAT DECIMAL)
     message(STATUS "Using mapnik PROJ version: ${MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION}")
     list(APPEND MAPNIK_COMPILE_DEFS MAPNIK_USE_PROJ MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION=${MAPNIK_PROJ_VERSION})
-    list(APPEND MAPNIK_OPTIONAL_LIBS ${PROJ4_LIBRARIES})
-    list(APPEND MAPNIK_OPTIONAL_LIBS_INCLUDE ${PROJ4_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    list(APPEND MAPNIK_OPTIONAL_LIBS ${PROJ_LIBRARIES})
+    list(APPEND MAPNIK_OPTIONAL_LIBS_INCLUDE ${PROJ_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif()
 
 if(USE_GRID_RENDERER)