diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e8b2ea..559e075 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ add_library(FirebaseCore
   Sources/FirebaseCore/FirebaseOptions+Swift.swift)
 target_compile_options(FirebaseCore PRIVATE
   -cxx-interoperability-mode=default)
+target_link_libraries(FirebaseCore PUBLIC
+  firebase)
 target_link_libraries(FirebaseCore PRIVATE
   libcurl
   firebase
@@ -45,10 +47,10 @@ add_library(FirebaseAuth
 target_compile_options(FirebaseAuth PRIVATE
   -cxx-interoperability-mode=default)
 target_link_libraries(FirebaseAuth PUBLIC
+  firebase
   FirebaseCore)
 target_link_libraries(FirebaseAuth PRIVATE
   crypto
-  firebase
   firebase_rest_lib
   flatbuffers)
 
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ add_library(FirebaseFirestore
 target_compile_options(FirebaseFirestore PRIVATE
   -cxx-interoperability-mode=default)
 target_link_libraries(FirebaseFirestore PUBLIC
+  firebase
   FirebaseCore)
 target_link_libraries(FirebaseFirestore PRIVATE
   absl_bad_optional_access
@@ -103,7 +106,6 @@ target_link_libraries(FirebaseFirestore PRIVATE
   absl_time_zone
   address_sorting
   cares
-  firebase
   firestore_core
   firestore_nanopb
   firestore_protos_nanopb