diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindPThreads_windows.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindPThreads_windows.cmake
index 29c10941..e1c4cfd2 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindPThreads_windows.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindPThreads_windows.cmake
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if( PThreads_windows_FOUND AND NOT TARGET PThreads_windows::PThreads_windows )
   else()
     add_library( PThreads_windows::PThreads_windows      UNKNOWN IMPORTED )
     set_target_properties( PThreads_windows::PThreads_windows PROPERTIES
-      IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE         "${PThreads_windows_LIBRARY}"
+      IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE         "${PThreads_windows_LIBRARY_RELEASE}"
       INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES     "${PThreads_windows_INCLUDE_DIR}"
       IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS           Release
       IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES "C" )