diff --git a/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake b/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
index ca1a792951..7fbef34946 100644
--- a/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ if(BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "NVPL" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
           set(_blas_lib "nvpl::blas${_nvpl_int}${_nvpl_thread}")
 
           if(TARGET ${_blas_lib})
-            set(BLAS_LIBRARIES ${_blas_lib})
+            get_target_property(BLAS_LIBRARIES ${_blas_lib} IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE)
             break()
           endif()
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake b/Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake
index 45183178f7..e12dea91dc 100644
--- a/Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ if(NOT LAPACK_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE)
           set(_lapack_lib "nvpl::lapack${_nvpl_int}${_nvpl_thread}")
 
           if(TARGET ${_lapack_lib})
-            set(LAPACK_LIBRARIES ${_lapack_lib})
+            get_target_property(LAPACK_LIBRARIES ${_lapack_lib} IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE)
             break()
           endif()