diff --git a/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt b/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
index e90e8e2d1b8..8f0d15d1fd3 100644
--- a/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries  (${TARGET} PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
 
 if (WIN32 AND NOT MSVC)
-    target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PUBLIC ws2_32)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32)
 endif()
+
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
 target_compile_definitions(${TARGET} PRIVATE