diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 14964ecf..56a98381 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9...3.31)
 project(aws-c-mqtt C)
 
 option(ASSERT_LOCK_HELD "Enable ASSERT_SYNCED_DATA_LOCK_HELD for checking thread issue" OFF)
@@ -6,32 +6,18 @@ if (ASSERT_LOCK_HELD)
     add_definitions(-DASSERT_LOCK_HELD)
 endif()
 
-if (DEFINED CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
-    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
+if (NOT IN_SOURCE_BUILD)
+    # this is required so we can use aws-c-common's CMake modules
+    find_package(aws-c-common REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-if (DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
-    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
-endif()
-
-if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    include(GNUInstallDirs)
-elseif(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR)
-    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR "lib")
-endif()
-
-# This is required in order to append /lib/cmake to each element in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
-set(AWS_MODULE_DIR "/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake")
-string(REPLACE ";" "${AWS_MODULE_DIR};" AWS_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}${AWS_MODULE_DIR}")
-# Append that generated list to the module search path
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${AWS_MODULE_PATH})
-
 include(AwsCFlags)
 include(AwsCheckHeaders)
 include(AwsSharedLibSetup)
 include(AwsSanitizers)
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 include(AwsFindPackage)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 file(GLOB AWS_MQTT_HEADERS
         "include/aws/mqtt/*.h"
@@ -93,11 +79,11 @@ aws_use_package(aws-c-http)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${DEP_AWS_LIBS})
 aws_prepare_shared_lib_exports(${PROJECT_NAME})
 
-install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT_HEADERS} DESTINATION "include/aws/mqtt" COMPONENT Development)
-install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT5_HEADERS} DESTINATION "include/aws/mqtt/v5" COMPONENT Development)
-install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT_RR_HEADERS} DESTINATION "include/aws/mqtt/request-response" COMPONENT Development)
-install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT_TESTING_HEADERS} DESTINATION "include/aws/testing/mqtt" COMPONENT Development)
-install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT_PRIV_EXPOSED_HEADERS} DESTINATION "include/aws/mqtt/private" COMPONENT Development)
+install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/aws/mqtt" COMPONENT Development)
+install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT5_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/aws/mqtt/v5" COMPONENT Development)
+install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT_RR_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/aws/mqtt/request-response" COMPONENT Development)
+install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT_TESTING_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/aws/testing/mqtt" COMPONENT Development)
+install(FILES ${AWS_MQTT_PRIV_EXPOSED_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/aws/mqtt/private" COMPONENT Development)
 
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     set (TARGET_DIR "shared")
@@ -106,7 +92,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 install(EXPORT "${PROJECT_NAME}-targets"
-        DESTINATION "${LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}/${PROJECT_NAME}/cmake/${TARGET_DIR}"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}/${TARGET_DIR}"
         NAMESPACE AWS::
         COMPONENT Development)
 
@@ -115,7 +101,7 @@ configure_file("cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}-config.cmake"
         @ONLY)
 
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}-config.cmake"
-        DESTINATION "${LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}/${PROJECT_NAME}/cmake/"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}/"
         COMPONENT Development)
 
 include(CTest)
diff --git a/bin/elastipubsub/CMakeLists.txt b/bin/elastipubsub/CMakeLists.txt
index c011697c..ac75095d 100644
--- a/bin/elastipubsub/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bin/elastipubsub/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 project(elastipubsub C)
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cmake")
-
 file(GLOB ELASTIPUBSUB_SRC
         "*.c"
         )
@@ -25,5 +23,5 @@ install(TARGETS ${ELASTIPUBSUB_PROJECT_NAME}
         EXPORT ${ELASTIPUBSUB_PROJECT_NAME}-targets
         COMPONENT Runtime
         RUNTIME
-        DESTINATION bin
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
         COMPONENT Runtime)
diff --git a/bin/elastipubsub5/CMakeLists.txt b/bin/elastipubsub5/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d2f36ba..ae22f1ed 100644
--- a/bin/elastipubsub5/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bin/elastipubsub5/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 project(elastipubsub5 C)
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cmake")
-
 file(GLOB ELASTIPUBSUB_SRC
         "*.c"
         )
@@ -25,5 +23,5 @@ install(TARGETS ${ELASTIPUBSUB_MQTT5_PROJECT_NAME}
         EXPORT ${ELASTIPUBSUB_MQTT5_PROJECT_NAME}-targets
         COMPONENT Runtime
         RUNTIME
-        DESTINATION bin
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
         COMPONENT Runtime)
diff --git a/bin/elastishadow/CMakeLists.txt b/bin/elastishadow/CMakeLists.txt
index c86e47c3..9bc83257 100644
--- a/bin/elastishadow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bin/elastishadow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 project(elastishadow C)
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cmake")
-
 file(GLOB ELASTISHADOW_SRC
         "*.c"
         )
@@ -25,5 +23,5 @@ install(TARGETS ${ELASTISHADOW_PROJECT_NAME}
         EXPORT ${ELASTISHADOW_PROJECT_NAME}-targets
         COMPONENT Runtime
         RUNTIME
-        DESTINATION bin
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
         COMPONENT Runtime)
diff --git a/bin/mqtt5canary/CMakeLists.txt b/bin/mqtt5canary/CMakeLists.txt
index fcdd5412..026e510d 100644
--- a/bin/mqtt5canary/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bin/mqtt5canary/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 project(mqtt5canary C)
 
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cmake")
-
 file(GLOB MQTT5CANARY_SRC
         "*.c"
         )
@@ -25,5 +23,5 @@ install(TARGETS ${MQTT5CANARY_PROJECT_NAME}
         EXPORT ${MQTT5CANARY_PROJECT_NAME}-targets
         COMPONENT Runtime
         RUNTIME
-        DESTINATION bin
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
         COMPONENT Runtime)