diff --git a/src/nrnpython/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nrnpython/CMakeLists.txt
index c0ac8ce0f0..880636c0ac 100644
--- a/src/nrnpython/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nrnpython/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ if(NRN_ENABLE_PYTHON_DYNAMIC)
     list(GET NRN_PYTHON_VERSIONS ${val} pyver)
     list(GET NRN_PYTHON_INCLUDES ${val} pyinc)
     list(GET NRN_PYTHON_LIBRARIES ${val} pylib)
-    make_nanobind_target(nanobind ${pyinc})
+    set(nanobind_target "nanobind_py${pyver}")
+    make_nanobind_target(${nanobind_target} ${pyinc})
 
     add_library(nrnpython${pyver} SHARED ${NRN_NRNPYTHON_SRC_FILES})
     target_include_directories(nrnpython${pyver} BEFORE PUBLIC ${pyinc} ${INCLUDE_DIRS})
     target_link_libraries(nrnpython${pyver} PUBLIC nrniv_lib)
-    target_link_libraries(nrnpython${pyver} PRIVATE ${Readline_LIBRARY} nanobind)
+    target_link_libraries(nrnpython${pyver} PRIVATE ${Readline_LIBRARY} ${nanobind_target})
     if(NRN_LINK_AGAINST_PYTHON)
       target_link_libraries(nrnpython${pyver} ${pylib})
     endif()