diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index abc7d55..7596e0e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ endif()
 
 # find c++utilities
 set(CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING "sets the suffix for find_package() calls to packages configured via c++utilities")
-find_package(c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.10.0 REQUIRED)
 
 # find RapidJSON
 if(NOT RapidJSON_FOUND)
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index c4ec92f..f555b2a 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,13 +33,7 @@ list(APPEND HEADER_FILES binary/reflector.h binary/reflector-boosthana.h binary/
 list(APPEND TEST_SRC_FILES tests/traits.cpp tests/binaryreflector.cpp tests/binaryreflector-boosthana.cpp)
 
 # add (only) the CMake module and include dirs for c++utilities because we're not depending on the actual library
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CPP_UTILITIES_MODULE_DIRS})
-if (CPP_UTILITIES_SOURCE_DIR)
-    list(APPEND PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CPP_UTILITIES_SOURCE_DIR}/..>
-         $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CPP_UTILITIES_INCLUDE_DIRS}>)
-else ()
-    list(APPEND PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS "${CPP_UTILITIES_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-endif ()
+use_cpp_utilities(ONLY_HEADERS VISIBILITY PUBLIC)
 
 # find RapidJSON, also add only the include dirs because RapidJSON is a header-only library
 if (RapidJSON_FOUND)