diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e8e65414e1d..113629689c92 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ project(protobuf-examples)
 find_package(protobuf CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 if(protobuf_VERBOSE)
-  message(STATUS "Using Protocol Buffers ${Protobuf_VERSION}")
+  message(STATUS "Using Protocol Buffers ${protobuf_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR TRUE)