diff --git a/.transport.version b/.transport.version
index 781dcb0..65087b4 100644
--- a/.transport.version
+++ b/.transport.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.3
+1.1.4
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9956bd9..155f09e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [0.5.2](https://github.com/rdkcentral/firebolt-cpp-client/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2)
+
+### Changed
+- **Breaking**: Removed `FetchContent` from the build system. The Firebolt C++ Transport must now be installed separately (along with other dependencies) before building the project.
+
 ## [0.5.1](https://github.com/rdkcentral/firebolt-cpp-client/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a27c9a..ae3416f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,21 +16,12 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 
-include(FetchContent)
-
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 project(FireboltClient)
 
 include(version)
 
-if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.transport.version")
-    file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.transport.version" FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION)
-    string(STRIP ${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION} FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION)
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not determine firebolt-cpp-transport version from .transport.version")
-endif()
-
 message(STATUS "Project version: ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries" ON)
@@ -53,42 +44,15 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
     "${SYSROOT_PATH}/usr/lib/cmake"
 )
 
-if(NOT TARGET nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
-    find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
-endif()
-
-if(NOT TARGET websocketpp::websocketpp)
-    find_package(websocketpp REQUIRED)
-endif()
+find_package(nlohmann_json CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
-find_package(FireboltTransport CONFIG QUIET)
+file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.transport.version" FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION_RAW)
+string(STRIP "${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION_RAW}" FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION)
+string(REGEX REPLACE "^v?([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_MAJOR_VERSION "${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION}")
 
-if(FireboltTransport_FOUND)
-    check_version_compatibility(FireboltTransport_VERSION_OK "${FireboltTransport_VERSION}" "${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION}")
-else()
-    set(FireboltTransport_VERSION_OK FALSE)
-endif()
+find_package(FireboltTransport ${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_MAJOR_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
-if(FireboltTransport_VERSION_OK)
-    message(STATUS "Installed FireboltTransport, ${FireboltTransport_VERSION}, matches expected version: ${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION}")
-else()
-    message(STATUS "FireboltTransport version mismatch or not found, expected '${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION}' but found '${FireboltTransport_VERSION}'")
-    if (BUILD_WITH_INSTALLED_TRANSPORT AND FireboltTransport_FOUND)
-        message(WARNING "Using installed FireboltTransport version '${FireboltTransport_VERSION}' even though it does not match expected version '${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION}'")
-    else()
-        message(STATUS "Will try to fetch it.")
-        FetchContent_Declare(
-            FireboltTransport
-            URL "https://github.com/rdkcentral/firebolt-cpp-transport/releases/download/v${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION}/firebolt-cpp-transport-${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-            URL_HASH "SHA256=0a0c9394395a514d3ba6931a6c656886523c6b3f038b0cb991c27c837f0e506e"
-            DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP true
-        )
-        set(ENABLE_TESTS_ORIG ${ENABLE_TESTS})
-        set(ENABLE_TESTS OFF)
-        FetchContent_MakeAvailable(FireboltTransport)
-        set(ENABLE_TESTS ${ENABLE_TESTS_ORIG})
-    endif()
-endif()
+message(STATUS "Transport: installed version: ${FireboltTransport_VERSION}, expected: ${FIREBOLT_TRANSPORT_VERSION}")
 
 add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic)
 
diff --git a/cmake/version.cmake b/cmake/version.cmake
index 9899529..73644a7 100644
--- a/cmake/version.cmake
+++ b/cmake/version.cmake
@@ -46,36 +46,3 @@ set(VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^v?([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR "${VERSION}")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^v?([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\2" PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR "${VERSION}")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^v?([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\3" PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH "${VERSION}")
-
-function(check_version_compatibility result_var found_version required_version)
-    set(FOUND_VERSION_SUFFIX "")
-    set(FOUND_VERSION_SUFFIX_NO "")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(-(.*))?" "\\1" FOUND_VERSION_MAJOR "${found_version}")
-    if (found_version MATCHES "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)-([^.]*)(\\.(.*))?")
-      set(FOUND_VERSION_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_MATCH_4}")
-      set(FOUND_VERSION_SUFFIX_NO "${CMAKE_MATCH_6}")
-    endif()
-
-    set(REQUIRED_VERSION_SUFFIX "")
-    set(REQUIRED_VERSION_SUFFIX_NO "")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)(\\.([0-9]+)(\\.([0-9]+))?)?(-(.*))?" "\\1" REQUIRED_VERSION_MAJOR "${required_version}")
-    if (required_version MATCHES "^([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?)?-([^.]*)(\\.([0-9]+))?")
-      set(REQUIRED_VERSION_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_MATCH_4}")
-      set(REQUIRED_VERSION_SUFFIX_NO "${CMAKE_MATCH_6}")
-    endif()
-
-    set(IS_OK FALSE)
-    if (NOT FOUND_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL REQUIRED_VERSION_MAJOR)
-        set(IS_OK FALSE)
-    elseif(found_version VERSION_LESS required_version)
-        set(IS_OK FALSE)
-    elseif(REQUIRED_VERSION_SUFFIX STREQUAL "" AND FOUND_VERSION_SUFFIX STREQUAL "")
-        set(IS_OK TRUE)
-    elseif(FOUND_VERSION_SUFFIX STREQUAL REQUIRED_VERSION_SUFFIX)
-        if(REQUIRED_VERSION_SUFFIX_NO STREQUAL "" OR FOUND_VERSION_SUFFIX_NO GREATER_EQUAL REQUIRED_VERSION_SUFFIX_NO)
-            set(IS_OK TRUE)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    set(${result_var} ${IS_OK} PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()