diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a6385ed39..1632dd2379 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ set(LIBSUFFIX "${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/binaries")
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
 
-file(GLOB SBE_JAR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sbe-all/build/libs/sbe-all-*-SNAPSHOT.jar ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sbe-all/build/libs/sbe-all-[0-9].[0-9].[0-9].jar)
-if(SBE_JAR)
+set(SBE_JAR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sbe-all/build/libs/sbe-all-${SBE_VERSION_TXT}.jar")
+if(EXISTS "${SBE_JAR}")
 	message("latest SBE jar found: ${SBE_JAR}")
 else()
 	message(FATAL_ERROR "could not find latest SBE jar in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sbe-all/build/libs")
diff --git a/sbe-tool/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/sbe-tool/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c3b9f47e5d..9ca73ea969 100644
--- a/sbe-tool/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sbe-tool/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ add_custom_target(
         java
         "-Dsbe.output.dir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
         "-Dsbe.target.language=CPP"
-        "-jar" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sbe-all/build/libs/sbe-all-${SBE_VERSION_TXT}.jar"
+        "-jar" "${SBE_JAR}"
         "../resources/sbe-ir.xml"
         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
         COMMENT "Generate IR codecs"