diff --git a/cmake/external_dependencies.cmake b/cmake/external_dependencies.cmake
index 0276425..16aa01c 100644
--- a/cmake/external_dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external_dependencies.cmake
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ find_package_or_fetch(
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/man-group/sparrow.git
     TAG 1.1.2
 )
-unset(CREATE_JSON_READER_TARGET)
+find_package(sparrow-json-reader)
 
 if(NOT TARGET sparrow::sparrow)
     add_library(sparrow::sparrow ALIAS sparrow)
diff --git a/environment-dev.yml b/environment-dev.yml
index 7a3f086..d33e3e6 100644
--- a/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/environment-dev.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
   - flatbuffers
   - nlohmann_json
   - sparrow-devel >=1.1.2
+  - sparrow-json-reader
   - doctest
   # Documentation dependencies
   - doxygen