diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e84f05e..00000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "third_party/fmt"]
-	path = third_party/fmt
-	url = https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bc8d58c..0664960e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0 -g -DDEBUG=DEBUG")
 include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/dependencies.cmake)
 
 add_library(umd_common_directories INTERFACE)
-target_include_directories(umd_common_directories INTERFACE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/device ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/fmt/include)
+target_include_directories(umd_common_directories INTERFACE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/device)
 
 add_subdirectory(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/device)
 
diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
index 50ceacab..74337e83 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ CPMAddPackage(
         "LIBUV_BUILD_TESTS OFF"
 )
 
+############################################################################################################################
+# fmt : https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt
+############################################################################################################################
+
+CPMAddPackage(
+  NAME fmt
+  GITHUB_REPOSITORY fmtlib/fmt
+  GIT_TAG 11.0.1
+)
+
 if(NOT MASTER_PROJECT)
     set(nng_include_dir ${nanomsg_SOURCE_DIR}/include PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(flatbuffers_include_dir ${flatbuffers_SOURCE_DIR}/include PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/device/CMakeLists.txt b/device/CMakeLists.txt
index c3092142..f8a18b42 100644
--- a/device/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/device/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set(UMD_DEVICE_SRCS
 add_library(umd_device SHARED ${UMD_DEVICE_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(umd_device 
     PUBLIC yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp umd_common_directories nng uv compiler_flags
-    PRIVATE hwloc rt Boost::interprocess
+    PRIVATE hwloc rt Boost::interprocess fmt
 )
 target_include_directories(umd_device PUBLIC
     ${flatbuffers_SOURCE_DIR}/include
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fdf949d..6c4a09f5 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ elseif($ENV{ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "blackhole")
 endif()
 
 add_library(test_common INTERFACE)
-target_link_libraries(test_common INTERFACE umd_device gtest_main gtest pthread)
+target_link_libraries(test_common INTERFACE umd_device gtest_main gtest pthread fmt)
 target_include_directories(test_common INTERFACE 
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
diff --git a/third_party/fmt b/third_party/fmt
deleted file mode 160000
index b50e685d..00000000
--- a/third_party/fmt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b50e685db996c167e6c831dcef582aba6e14276a