diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61f0cc5..65fdbc7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
         /MP
         /W2
         /sdl
-        /Qspectre
         /guard:cf
         /FC
         /ZH:SHA_256
@@ -107,9 +106,9 @@
     endif ()
 endif ()
 
-find_program(PYTHON NAMES python3 python)
+find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
 execute_process(
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/cmake/parse-version.m4.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.m4
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/cmake/parse-version.m4.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.m4
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     )
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.cmake)
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@
 
 add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT always_rebuild config-version.h
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/cmake/git-version.py
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/cmake/git-version.py
     )
 set(HAVE_CONFIG_VERSION_H YES)