diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cee60f3..3328fc06 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ if(Protobuf_FOUND OR Protobuf_FOUND)
     if(NOT Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
       #Indeed here should be a warning, not a fatal error. ONNX Runtime itself can work in such a 
       #setting but it may cause compatibility issue when ONNX Runtime is integrated with the other ONNX ecosystem softwares.
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Please enable Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS")
+      message(WARNING "Please enable Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS")
     endif()
   else()
     set(PROTOBUF_LIB protobuf::libprotobuf-lite)
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ get_filename_component(REPO_ROOT "${REPO_ROOT}" ABSOLUTE)
 set(ONNXRUNTIME_INCLUDE_DIR ${REPO_ROOT}/include/onnxruntime)
 
 
-add_subdirectory(external/date EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+find_package(date REQUIRED)
 
 if(onnxruntime_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB)
   find_package(re2)  
diff --git a/cmake/external/Findre2.cmake b/cmake/external/Findre2.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c91696c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/external/Findre2.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+pkg_check_modules(re2 REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL re2)
+add_library(re2::re2 ALIAS PkgConfig::re2)
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_common.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_common.cmake
index d33e9e14..5770e818 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_common.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_common.cmake
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ if (onnxruntime_USE_MIMALLOC_STL_ALLOCATOR OR onnxruntime_USE_MIMALLOC_ARENA_ALL
     endif()
 endif()
 
-onnxruntime_add_include_to_target(onnxruntime_common date_interface wil)
+onnxruntime_add_include_to_target(onnxruntime_common date::date wil)
 target_include_directories(onnxruntime_common
     PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT} ${eigen_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     # safeint is part of onnxruntime_common public interface, so we want to propagate its includes
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
index d1bd347c..0c4b81e4 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function(AddTest)
   else()
     target_link_libraries(${_UT_TARGET} PRIVATE ${_UT_LIBS} GTest::gtest GTest::gmock ${onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES})
   endif()
-  onnxruntime_add_include_to_target(${_UT_TARGET} date_interface)
+  onnxruntime_add_include_to_target(${_UT_TARGET} date::date)
   target_include_directories(${_UT_TARGET} PRIVATE ${TEST_INC_DIR})
   if (onnxruntime_USE_CUDA)
     target_include_directories(${_UT_TARGET} PRIVATE ${CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${onnxruntime_CUDNN_HOME}/include)
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/session/inference_session_utils.h b/onnxruntime/core/session/inference_session_utils.h
index 57159083..9fa7dce0 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/session/inference_session_utils.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/session/inference_session_utils.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #pragma warning(push)
 #pragma warning(disable : 28020)
 #endif
-#include "single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp"
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #pragma warning(pop)
 #endif