diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 272d3ec..4237637 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ target_compile_definitions(hermes PRIVATE LOGGER_CLASS=${LOGGER_CLASS})
 target_sources(hermes PRIVATE src/${LOGGER_CLASS}.cpp)
 
 # required dependency sqlite3
-find_library (SQLITE3_LIBRARY NAMES libsqlite3 sqlite3)
+find_library (SQLITE3_LIBRARY REQUIRED NAMES libsqlite3 sqlite3)
+
+find_library (FMT_LIBRARY REQUIRED NAMES fmt)
 
 # optional dependency libspf2
 find_library (SPF2_LIBRARY REQUIRED NAMES spf2 libspf2)
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ target_link_libraries(hermes
   ${SQLITE3_LIBRARY}
   ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
   ${SPF2_LIBRARY}
+  ${FMT_LIBRARY}
   pthread)
 
 install(TARGETS hermes
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e4a1771..d141f33 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM alpine:3.21
 ADD . /hermes
 WORKDIR /hermes
-RUN apk add --no-cache graphviz doxygen gcc make openssl-dev libspf2-dev cmake g++ sqlite-dev gettext-dev python3 boost-dev fmt
+RUN apk add --no-cache graphviz doxygen gcc make openssl-dev libspf2-dev cmake g++ sqlite-dev gettext-dev python3 boost-dev fmt-dev
 RUN cmake -B build
 RUN cmake --build build
 RUN mkdir /hermes-installation