diff --git a/components/core/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 69987b0ef4..7d6edb6ef3 100644
--- a/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ validate_compiler_versions()
 # Include options for CLP build
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Options/options.cmake")
 
-validate_and_setup_all_clp_dependency_flags()
-convert_clp_dependency_properties_to_variables()
+validate_all_clp_dependency_flags()
+
+# Include utilities to find and configure dependencies
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/find_utils.cmake")
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
     set(default_build_type "Release")
@@ -136,197 +138,8 @@ if(PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if(CLP_NEED_ABSL)
-    find_package(absl REQUIRED)
-    if (absl_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found absl ${absl_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Find and setup ANTLR Library
-if(CLP_NEED_ANTLR)
-    find_package(antlr4-runtime REQUIRED)
-    if (antlr4-runtime_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found antlr4-runtime ${antlr4-runtime_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Find and setup Boost Library
-if(CLP_NEED_BOOST)
-    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-        set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-    endif()
-    find_package(
-        Boost
-        1.81...1.88
-        REQUIRED
-            filesystem
-            iostreams
-            program_options
-            regex
-            system
-            url
-    )
-    message(STATUS "Found Boost ${Boost_VERSION}")
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_CATCH2)
-    find_package(Catch2 3.8.0 REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Found Catch2 ${Catch2_VERSION}")
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_DATE)
-    find_package(date REQUIRED)
-    if (date_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found date ${date_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_FMT)
-    find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
-    if(fmt_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found fmt ${fmt_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_LOG_SURGEON)
-    find_package(log_surgeon REQUIRED)
-    if(log_surgeon_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found log_surgeon ${log_surgeon_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_NLOHMANN_JSON)
-    find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
-    if(nlohmann_json_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found nlohmann_json ${nlohmann_json_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_SIMDJSON)
-    find_package(simdjson REQUIRED)
-    if(simdjson_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found simdjson ${simdjson_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_SPDLOG)
-    find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
-    if(spdlog_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found spdlog ${spdlog_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Find and setup libarchive
-if(CLP_NEED_LIBARCHIVE)
-    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-        set(LibArchive_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-    endif()
-    find_package(LibArchive REQUIRED)
-    if(LibArchive_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found LibArchive ${LibArchive_VERSION}")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find ${CLP_LIBS_STRING} libraries for LibArchive")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Find and setup libcurl
-# By default, CURL does not provide static libraries
-if(CLP_NEED_CURL)
-    find_package(CURL 7.61.1 REQUIRED)
-    if(CURL_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found CURL ${CURL_VERSION_STRING}")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find ${CLP_LIBS_STRING} libraries for CURL")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Find OpenSSL
-if(CLP_NEED_OPENSSL)
-    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
-    if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found OpenSSL (${OPENSSL_VERSION})")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "OpenSSL not found")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Find and setup MariaDBClient library
-if(CLP_NEED_MARIADB)
-    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-        # NOTE: We can't statically link to MariaDBClient since it's GPL
-        message(AUTHOR_WARNING "MariaDBClient cannot be statically linked due to its license.")
-    endif()
-    find_package(MariaDBClient 3.1.0 REQUIRED)
-    if(MariaDBClient_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found MariaDBClient ${MariaDBClient_VERSION}")
-    else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find ${CLP_LIBS_STRING} libraries for MariaDBClient")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Find and setup mongocxx
-if(CLP_NEED_MONGOCXX)
-    find_package(mongocxx REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Found mongocxx ${mongocxx_VERSION}")
-    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-        set(MONGOCXX_TARGET mongo::mongocxx_static)
-    else()
-        set(MONGOCXX_TARGET mongo::mongocxx_shared)
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Find and setup msgpack-cxx
-if(CLP_NEED_MSGPACKCXX)
-    find_package(msgpack-cxx 7.0.0 REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Found msgpack-cxx ${msgpack-cxx_VERSION}")
-endif()
-
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
-if(CLP_NEED_YAMLCPP)
-    find_package(yaml-cpp REQUIRED)
-    if(yaml-cpp_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "Found yaml-cpp ${yaml-cpp_VERSION}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-# Add ystdlib
-if(CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB)
-    find_package(ystdlib REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Found ystdlib-cpp ${ystdlib_VERSION}")
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_ZSTD)
-    # v1.4.8 is the lowest version available in the package managers of the OSes we support.
-    find_package(zstd 1.4.8 REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Found zstd ${zstd_VERSION}")
-    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-        set(zstd_TARGET zstd::libzstd_static)
-    else()
-        set(zstd_TARGET zstd::libzstd_shared)
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-if(CLP_NEED_LIBLZMA)
-    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-        set(LibLZMA_ROOT ${LibLZMA-static_ROOT})
-        set(LibLZMA_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-    else()
-        set(LibLZMA_ROOT ${LibLZMA-shared_ROOT})
-    endif()
-    # Version 5.8.1 and above address CVE-2024-3094 and CVE-2025-31115.
-    find_package(LibLZMA 5.8.1 REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Found LibLZMA ${LibLZMA_VERSION}")
-endif()
-
-# sqlite dependencies
-if(CLP_NEED_SQLITE)
-    set(sqlite_DYNAMIC_LIBS "dl;m;pthread")
-    include(cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake)
-    FindDynamicLibraryDependencies(sqlite "${sqlite_DYNAMIC_LIBS}")
-endif()
-
 add_subdirectory(src/clp/regex_utils)
 add_subdirectory(src/clp/string_utils)
 
@@ -728,6 +541,26 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES_unitTest
         )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_TESTING)
+    clp_find_absl()
+    clp_find_boost()
+    clp_find_catch2()
+    clp_find_curl()
+    clp_find_date()
+    clp_find_fmt()
+    clp_find_libarchive()
+    clp_find_log_surgeon()
+    clp_find_lzma()
+    clp_find_mariadb_client()
+    clp_find_mongocxx()
+    clp_find_msgpack()
+    clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+    clp_find_open_ssl()
+    clp_find_simdjson()
+    clp_find_spdlog()
+    clp_find_sqlite()
+    clp_find_ystdlib()
+    clp_find_zstd()
+
     add_executable(unitTest
             ${SOURCE_FILES_unitTest}
             ${SOURCE_FILES_clp_s_unitTest}
diff --git a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindLibArchive.cmake b/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindLibArchive.cmake
index c257e88341..3845094320 100644
--- a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindLibArchive.cmake
+++ b/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindLibArchive.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 set(libarchive_LIBNAME "archive")
 
-include(cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake)
+include("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake")
 
 # On macOS, libarchive installed through brew is not linked into prefix by default.
 # So it cannot be found by pkg-config and we need to manually find it.
diff --git a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindMariaDBClient.cmake b/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindMariaDBClient.cmake
index 5801be2e6b..091229cbd9 100644
--- a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindMariaDBClient.cmake
+++ b/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindMariaDBClient.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 set(mariadbclient_LIBNAME "mariadb")
 
-include(cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake)
+include("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake")
 
 # Run pkg-config
 find_package(PkgConfig)
diff --git a/components/core/cmake/Options/options.cmake b/components/core/cmake/Options/options.cmake
index 3802b3dde4..9096b614dc 100644
--- a/components/core/cmake/Options/options.cmake
+++ b/components/core/cmake/Options/options.cmake
@@ -94,26 +94,22 @@ option(
 # @param {string} TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION
 # @param {string[]} ARGN The required `CLP_BUILD_` options
 function(validate_clp_dependencies_for_target TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION)
-    if (NOT DEFINED TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION OR TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION STREQUAL "")
+    if(NOT DEFINED TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION OR TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION STREQUAL "")
         message(FATAL_ERROR "TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION can't be unset or empty.")
     endif()
 
+    # Only validate dependencies for this option if the option is enabled.
+    if(NOT "${${TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION}}")
+        return()
+    endif()
+
     foreach(DEPENDENCY IN LISTS ARGN)
-        if (NOT "${${DEPENDENCY}}")
+        if(NOT "${${DEPENDENCY}}")
             message(FATAL_ERROR "${TARGET_CLP_BUILD_OPTION} requires ${DEPENDENCY}=ON")
         endif()
     endforeach()
 endfunction()
 
-# Sets the given `CLP_NEED_` flags as directory properties
-#
-# @param {string[]} ARGV The `CLP_NEED_` flags to set.
-function(set_clp_need_flags)
-    foreach(NEEDS_FLAG IN LISTS ARGV)
-        set_property(DIRECTORY PROPERTY "${NEEDS_FLAG}" ON)
-    endforeach()
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_binaries_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_STRING_UTILS
@@ -129,29 +125,6 @@ function(validate_clp_binaries_dependencies)
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_binaries_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_ABSL
-        CLP_NEED_BOOST
-        CLP_NEED_CURL
-        CLP_NEED_DATE
-        CLP_NEED_FMT
-        CLP_NEED_LIBARCHIVE
-        CLP_NEED_LOG_SURGEON
-        CLP_NEED_MARIADB
-        CLP_NEED_MONGOCXX
-        CLP_NEED_MSGPACKCXX
-        CLP_NEED_NLOHMANN_JSON
-        CLP_NEED_OPENSSL
-        CLP_NEED_SIMDJSON
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-        CLP_NEED_SQLITE
-        CLP_NEED_YAMLCPP
-        CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB
-        CLP_NEED_ZSTD
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_tests_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_TESTING
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_REGEX_UTILS
@@ -163,38 +136,12 @@ function(validate_clp_tests_dependencies)
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_tests_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_ABSL
-        CLP_NEED_BOOST
-        CLP_NEED_CATCH2
-        CLP_NEED_DATE
-        CLP_NEED_FMT
-        CLP_NEED_LIBARCHIVE
-        CLP_NEED_LIBLZMA
-        CLP_NEED_LOG_SURGEON
-        CLP_NEED_MARIADB
-        CLP_NEED_MONGOCXX
-        CLP_NEED_NLOHMANN_JSON
-        CLP_NEED_OPENSSL
-        CLP_NEED_SIMDJSON
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-        CLP_NEED_SQLITE
-        CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB
-        CLP_NEED_ZSTD
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_regex_utils_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_REGEX_UTILS
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_STRING_UTILS
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_regex_utils_dependencies)
-    set_property(DIRECTORY PROPERTY CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB TRUE)
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_archivereader_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_ARCHIVEREADER
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_STRING_UTILS
@@ -204,19 +151,6 @@ function(validate_clp_s_archivereader_dependencies)
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_archivereader_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_ABSL
-        CLP_NEED_BOOST
-        CLP_NEED_CURL
-        CLP_NEED_FMT
-        CLP_NEED_MSGPACKCXX
-        CLP_NEED_NLOHMANN_JSON
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-        CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_archivewriter_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_ARCHIVEWRITER
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES
@@ -225,84 +159,30 @@ function(validate_clp_s_archivewriter_dependencies)
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_archivewriter_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_ABSL
-        CLP_NEED_BOOST
-        CLP_NEED_CURL
-        CLP_NEED_FMT
-        CLP_NEED_MSGPACKCXX
-        CLP_NEED_NLOHMANN_JSON
-        CLP_NEED_SIMDJSON
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-        CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_clp_dependencies_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_STRING_UTILS
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_clp_dependencies_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_BOOST
-        CLP_NEED_CURL
-        CLP_NEED_FMT
-        CLP_NEED_LOG_SURGEON
-        CLP_NEED_MSGPACKCXX
-        CLP_NEED_NLOHMANN_JSON
-        CLP_NEED_OPENSSL
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-        CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB
-        CLP_NEED_ZSTD
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_io_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_IO
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_io_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_BOOST
-        CLP_NEED_FMT
-        CLP_NEED_SIMDJSON
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-        CLP_NEED_ZSTD
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_json_constructor_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_JSONCONSTRUCTOR
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_ARCHIVEREADER
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_json_constructor_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_FMT
-        CLP_NEED_MONGOCXX
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-        CLP_NEED_ZSTD
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_reducer_dependencies_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_REDUCER_DEPENDENCIES
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_reducer_dependencies_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_NLOHMANN_JSON
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_search_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_STRING_UTILS
@@ -312,27 +192,12 @@ function(validate_clp_s_search_dependencies)
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_search_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_ABSL
-        CLP_NEED_LOG_SURGEON
-        CLP_NEED_SIMDJSON
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_search_ast_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_AST
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_TIMESTAMPPATTERN
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_search_ast_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_SIMDJSON
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_search_kql_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_KQL
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_STRING_UTILS
@@ -340,143 +205,35 @@ function(validate_clp_s_search_kql_dependencies)
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_search_kql_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_ANTLR
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_search_sql_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_SQL
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_AST
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_search_sql_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_ANTLR
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 function(validate_clp_s_timestamppattern_dependencies)
     validate_clp_dependencies_for_target(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_TIMESTAMPPATTERN
         CLP_BUILD_CLP_STRING_UTILS
     )
 endfunction()
 
-function(set_clp_s_timestamppattern_dependencies)
-    set_clp_need_flags(
-        CLP_NEED_DATE
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-    )
-endfunction()
-
 # Validates that for each target whose `CLP_BUILD_` option is `ON`, the `CLP_BUILD_` options for
-# the target's dependencies are also `ON`; Sets the required `CLP_NEED_` flags for any target that
-# will be built.
-function(validate_and_setup_all_clp_dependency_flags)
-    if (CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
-        validate_clp_binaries_dependencies()
-        set_clp_binaries_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_TESTING)
-        validate_clp_tests_dependencies()
-        set_clp_tests_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_REGEX_UTILS)
-        validate_clp_regex_utils_dependencies()
-        set_clp_regex_utils_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
+# the target's dependencies are also `ON`.
+function(validate_all_clp_dependency_flags)
+    validate_clp_binaries_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_tests_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_regex_utils_dependencies()
     # clp::string_utils has no dependencies
 
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_ARCHIVEREADER)
-        validate_clp_s_archivereader_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_archivereader_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_ARCHIVEWRITER)
-        validate_clp_s_archivewriter_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_archivewriter_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES)
-        validate_clp_s_clp_dependencies_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_clp_dependencies_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_IO)
-        validate_clp_s_io_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_io_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_JSONCONSTRUCTOR)
-        validate_clp_s_json_constructor_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_json_constructor_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_REDUCER_DEPENDENCIES)
-        validate_clp_s_reducer_dependencies_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_reducer_dependencies_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH)
-        validate_clp_s_search_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_search_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_AST)
-        validate_clp_s_search_ast_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_search_ast_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_KQL)
-        validate_clp_s_search_kql_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_search_kql_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_SQL)
-        validate_clp_s_search_sql_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_search_sql_dependencies()
-    endif()
-
-    if (CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_TIMESTAMPPATTERN)
-        validate_clp_s_timestamppattern_dependencies()
-        set_clp_s_timestamppattern_dependencies()
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
-function (convert_clp_dependency_properties_to_variables)
-    list(APPEND CLP_NEED_FLAGS
-        CLP_NEED_ABSL
-        CLP_NEED_ANTLR
-        CLP_NEED_BOOST
-        CLP_NEED_CATCH2
-        CLP_NEED_CURL
-        CLP_NEED_DATE
-        CLP_NEED_FMT
-        CLP_NEED_LIBARCHIVE
-        CLP_NEED_LIBLZMA
-        CLP_NEED_LOG_SURGEON
-        CLP_NEED_MARIADB
-        CLP_NEED_MONGOCXX
-        CLP_NEED_MSGPACKCXX
-        CLP_NEED_NLOHMANN_JSON
-        CLP_NEED_OPENSSL
-        CLP_NEED_SIMDJSON
-        CLP_NEED_SPDLOG
-        CLP_NEED_SQLITE
-        CLP_NEED_YAMLCPP
-        CLP_NEED_YSTDLIB
-        CLP_NEED_ZSTD
-    )
-
-    foreach(FLAG IN LISTS CLP_NEED_FLAGS)
-        get_property(VALUE DIRECTORY PROPERTY "${FLAG}")
-        set("${FLAG}" "${VALUE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    endforeach()
+    validate_clp_s_archivereader_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_archivewriter_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_clp_dependencies_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_io_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_json_constructor_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_reducer_dependencies_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_search_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_search_ast_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_search_kql_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_search_sql_dependencies()
+    validate_clp_s_timestamppattern_dependencies()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/components/core/cmake/find_utils.cmake b/components/core/cmake/find_utils.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ada176fb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/core/cmake/find_utils.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+# This file contains utility functions for finding dependencies.
+
+# @param {string} LIBRARY
+# @return {bool} Whether we have already run the find function for LIBRARY in the CLP_CHECKED_FIND
+# variable.
+function(get_clp_checked_find LIBRARY)
+    get_property(CLP_CHECKED_FIND 
+        DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        PROPERTY "clp_checked_find_${LIBRARY}"
+    )
+    set(CLP_CHECKED_FIND "${CLP_CHECKED_FIND}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+# Sets a flag indicating that we have run the find function for LIBRARY.
+# @param {string} LIBRARY
+function(set_clp_checked_find LIBRARY)
+    set_property(DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" PROPERTY "clp_checked_find_${LIBRARY}" TRUE)
+endfunction()
+
+# Finds and sets up the the absl library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_absl)
+    find_package(absl REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the the antlr4-runtime library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_antlr4_runtime)
+    find_package(antlr4-runtime REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the the Boost library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_boost)
+    get_clp_checked_find(boost)
+    if(CLP_CHECKED_FIND)
+        # Silence output from `find_package(Boost)` on repeated invocations.
+        set(CLP_QUIET_FIND_BOOST QUIET)
+    endif()
+
+    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+        set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+    endif()
+
+    find_package(
+        Boost
+        1.81
+        ${CLP_QUIET_FIND_BOOST}
+        REQUIRED
+            filesystem
+            iostreams
+            program_options
+            regex
+            system
+            url
+    )
+    if(Boost_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 1.88)
+        message(
+            FATAL_ERROR
+            "Boost version ${Boost_VERSION} is newer than the maximum allowed version (1.88.0)."
+        )
+    endif()
+    set_clp_checked_find(boost)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up Catch2.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_catch2)
+    find_package(Catch2 3.8.0 REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up libcurl.
+# By default, CURL does not provide static libraries.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_curl)
+    find_package(CURL 7.61.1 REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the date library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_date)
+    find_package(date REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the fmt library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_fmt)
+    find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up libarchive.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_libarchive)
+    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+        set(LibArchive_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+    endif()
+    find_package(LibArchive REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the log_surgeon library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_log_surgeon)
+    find_package(log_surgeon REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the LZMA library.
+# TODO: Add a script in ./cmake/Modules to properly import LZMA in find_package()'s module mode.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_lzma)
+    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+        set(LibLZMA_ROOT ${LibLZMA-static_ROOT})
+        set(LibLZMA_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+    else()
+        set(LibLZMA_ROOT ${LibLZMA-shared_ROOT})
+    endif()
+    # Version 5.8.1 and above address CVE-2024-3094 and CVE-2025-31115.
+    find_package(LibLZMA 5.8.1 REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the MariaDBClient library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_mariadb_client)
+    # Only log static linking warning one time
+    get_clp_checked_find(mariadb_client)
+    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS AND NOT CLP_CHECKED_FIND)
+        # NOTE: We can't statically link to MariaDBClient since it's GPL
+        message(AUTHOR_WARNING "MariaDBClient cannot be statically linked due to its license.")
+    endif()
+    find_package(MariaDBClient 3.1.0 REQUIRED)
+    set_clp_checked_find(mariadb_client)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the mongocxx library.
+# @return The name of the mongocxx target in the `MONGOCXX_TARGET` variable, and
+# forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_mongocxx)
+    find_package(mongocxx REQUIRED)
+    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+        set(MONGOCXX_TARGET mongo::mongocxx_static)
+    else()
+        set(MONGOCXX_TARGET mongo::mongocxx_shared)
+    endif()
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the msgpack library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_msgpack)
+    find_package(msgpack-cxx 7.0.0 REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the nlohmann json library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_nlohmann_json)
+    find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up OpenSSL.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_open_ssl)
+    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the simdjson library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_simdjson)
+    find_package(simdjson REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the spdlog library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_spdlog)
+    find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the sqlite library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `FindDynamicLibraryDependencies` call.
+macro(clp_find_sqlite)
+    set(sqlite_DYNAMIC_LIBS "dl;m;pthread")
+    include("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake")
+    FindDynamicLibraryDependencies(sqlite "${sqlite_DYNAMIC_LIBS}")
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the yaml-cpp library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_yaml_cpp)
+    find_package(yaml-cpp REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+
+# Finds and sets up ystdlib.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_ystdlib)
+    find_package(ystdlib REQUIRED)
+endmacro()
+
+# Finds and sets up the ZStd library.
+# @return Forwards any variables from the `find_package` call.
+macro(clp_find_zstd)
+    # v1.4.8 is the lowest version available in the package managers of the OSes we support.
+    find_package(zstd 1.4.8 REQUIRED)
+    if(CLP_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+        set(zstd_TARGET zstd::libzstd_static)
+    else()
+        set(zstd_TARGET zstd::libzstd_shared)
+    endif()
+endmacro()
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
index 55c6b058b7..919da42101 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/clg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+        clp_find_absl()
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_date()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_log_surgeon()
+        clp_find_mariadb_client()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_sqlite()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_executable(clg ${CLG_SOURCES})
         target_compile_features(clg PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
         target_include_directories(clg
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/clo/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/clo/CMakeLists.txt
index 28c8da4279..25643a7d7a 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/clo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/clo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,19 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+        clp_find_absl()
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_date()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_log_surgeon()
+        clp_find_mongocxx()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_sqlite()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_executable(clo ${CLO_SOURCES} ${REDUCER_SOURCES})
         target_compile_features(clo PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
         target_include_directories(clo
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
index c1d0274fe1..53bfd67bcc 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/clp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,20 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+        clp_find_absl()
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_date()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_libarchive()
+        clp_find_log_surgeon()
+        clp_find_mariadb_client()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_sqlite()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_executable(clp ${CLP_SOURCES})
         target_compile_features(clp PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
         target_include_directories(clp
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/make_dictionaries_readable/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/make_dictionaries_readable/CMakeLists.txt
index c979b9453b..3890e28dd3 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/make_dictionaries_readable/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/make_dictionaries_readable/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_log_surgeon()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_executable(make-dictionaries-readable ${MAKE_DICTIONARIES_READABLE_SOURCES})
         target_compile_features(make-dictionaries-readable PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
         target_link_libraries(make-dictionaries-readable
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/regex_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp/regex_utils/CMakeLists.txt
index ecc3bc5553..b5c6de6dbf 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/regex_utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/regex_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ set(
         "RegexToWildcardTranslatorConfig.hpp"
 )
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_REGEX_UTILS)
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+
         add_library(
                 regex_utils
                 ErrorCode.cpp
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
index 46204c4728..bb8039b0ce 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ set(
 
 # This library is intended as a temporary stand-in until clp has been packaged into libraries.
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_CLP_DEPENDENCIES)
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_curl()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_log_surgeon()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_open_ssl()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_clp_dependencies
                 ${CLP_S_CLP_SOURCES}
@@ -166,6 +177,8 @@ set(
 # This library is intended as a temporary stand-in until the reducer has been packaged into
 # libraries.
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_REDUCER_DEPENDENCIES)
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_reducer_dependencies
                 ${CLP_S_REDUCER_SOURCES}
@@ -202,6 +215,12 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_IO)
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_simdjson()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_io
                 ${CLP_S_IO_SOURCES}
@@ -263,6 +282,16 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_ARCHIVEWRITER)
+        clp_find_absl()
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_curl()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_simdjson()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_archive_writer
                 ${CLP_S_ARCHIVE_WRITER_SOURCES}
@@ -327,6 +356,15 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_ARCHIVEREADER)
+        clp_find_absl()
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_curl()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_archive_reader
                 ${CLP_S_ARCHIVE_READER_SOURCES}
@@ -362,6 +400,11 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_JSONCONSTRUCTOR)
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_mongocxx()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_json_constructor
                 ${CLP_S_JSON_CONSTRUCTOR_SOURCES}
@@ -391,6 +434,9 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_TIMESTAMPPATTERN)
+        clp_find_date()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_timestamp_pattern
                 ${CLP_S_TIMESTAMP_PATTERN_SOURCES}
@@ -420,6 +466,12 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_mongocxx()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+
         add_executable(
                 clp-s
                 clp-s.cpp
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
index 54d8e5540c..b4e3affdd1 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/indexer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+        clp_find_absl()
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_curl()
+        clp_find_date()
+        clp_find_mariadb_client()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_open_ssl()
+        clp_find_simdjson()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_executable(indexer ${INDEXER_SOURCES})
         target_compile_features(indexer PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
         target_link_libraries(indexer
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d78443412..c3b397f4aa 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/log_converter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+    clp_find_boost()
+    clp_find_fmt()
+    clp_find_log_surgeon()
+    clp_find_msgpack()
+    clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+    clp_find_spdlog()
+    clp_find_ystdlib()
+
     add_executable(
         log-converter
         log_converter.cpp
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/search/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/search/CMakeLists.txt
index af4e425a6d..4eb4e459cc 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/search/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/search/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH)
+        clp_find_absl()
+        clp_find_log_surgeon()
+        clp_find_simdjson()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_search
                 ${CLP_S_SEARCH_SOURCES}
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/search/ast/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/search/ast/CMakeLists.txt
index eda1c26a3f..db4c7f9b95 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/search/ast/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/search/ast/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_AST)
+    clp_find_simdjson()
+
     add_library(
         clp_s_search_ast
         ${CLP_S_AST_SOURCES}
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/search/kql/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/search/kql/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fd7ecc58d..86da4dcfe2 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/search/kql/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/search/kql/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ set(ANTLR_GENERATED_SOURCES
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_KQL)
+        clp_find_antlr4_runtime()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_search_kql
                 ${ANTLR_GENERATED_SOURCES}
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/search/sql/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/clp_s/search/sql/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e62d7d493..5d38fb1c0b 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/search/sql/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/search/sql/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ set(ANTLR_GENERATED_SOURCES
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_CLP_S_SEARCH_SQL)
+        clp_find_antlr4_runtime()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+
         add_library(
                 clp_s_search_sql
                 ${ANTLR_GENERATED_SOURCES}
diff --git a/components/core/src/glt/glt/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/glt/glt/CMakeLists.txt
index 6936dab8ea..6a181913b7 100644
--- a/components/core/src/glt/glt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/glt/glt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,18 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_date()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+        clp_find_sqlite()
+        clp_find_libarchive()
+        clp_find_mariadb_client()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_yaml_cpp()
+        clp_find_ystdlib()
+        clp_find_zstd()
+
         add_executable(glt ${GLT_SOURCES})
         target_compile_features(glt PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
         target_include_directories(glt
diff --git a/components/core/src/reducer/CMakeLists.txt b/components/core/src/reducer/CMakeLists.txt
index ec830624b8..ca6be3f930 100644
--- a/components/core/src/reducer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/core/src/reducer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ set(
 )
 
 if(CLP_BUILD_EXECUTABLES)
+        clp_find_boost()
+        clp_find_fmt()
+        clp_find_mongocxx()
+        clp_find_msgpack()
+        clp_find_nlohmann_json()
+        clp_find_spdlog()
+
         add_executable(reducer-server ${REDUCER_SOURCES})
         target_compile_features(reducer-server PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
         target_link_libraries(reducer-server
diff --git a/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml b/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
index 118ec1736e..947958aa73 100644
--- a/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
+++ b/taskfiles/deps/main.yaml
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ tasks:
             - "-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON"
             - "-Dystdlib_BUILD_TESTING=OFF"
           LIB_NAME: "ystdlib"
-          TARBALL_SHA256: "65990dc2bcc4a355c2181bfe31a7800f492309d1bcd340f52a34e85047e61bc8"
-          TARBALL_URL: "https://github.com/y-scope/ystdlib-cpp/archive/9ed78cd.tar.gz"
+          TARBALL_SHA256: "379c04c86715f39cffa09bb3ebc22b4c45af9a63ea3efa2081d210289fcd2af6"
+          TARBALL_URL: "https://github.com/y-scope/ystdlib-cpp/archive/c03806a.tar.gz"
 
   zlib:
     internal: true