diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d21319..d794b09 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ FetchContent_Declare( spdlog
     GIT_TAG v1.x_p8
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable( spdlog )
+# if Scarab is being built as a submodule, the parent might need to know where to find spdlog
+get_directory_property( hasParent PARENT_DIRECTORY )
+if( hasParent )
+    set( spdlog_DIR ${spdlog_BINARY_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE )
+endif()
 list( APPEND PUBLIC_EXT_LIBS spdlog::spdlog )
 
-
 if( Scarab_BUILD_CODEC_JSON )
     set( RAPIDJSON_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE 65536 CACHE STRING "Buffer size for reading and writing files using RapidJSON (in Bytes)" )
     
diff --git a/ScarabConfig.cmake.in b/ScarabConfig.cmake.in
index eef33df..1bd1d3f 100644
--- a/ScarabConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/ScarabConfig.cmake.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ get_filename_component( Scarab_CMAKE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH )
 # Find the dependencies
 include( CMakeFindDependencyMacro )
 find_dependency( Boost 1.46 REQUIRED COMPONENTS @Scarab_BOOST_COMPONENTS@ )
+find_dependency( spdlog REQUIRED)
 if( @Scarab_BUILD_CODEC_JSON@ ) #Scarab_BUILD_CODEC_JSON
     find_dependency( RapidJSON REQUIRED )
     if(NOT TARGET rapidjson)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3bb58a4..d82b118 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3 13 3
+3 13 4
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 263d4ac..bdbcbc8 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ Types of changes: Added, Changed, Deprecated, Removed, Fixed, Security
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.13.4] - 2025-11-04
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Find spdlog dependency in ScarabConfig.cmake.in
+- Set spdlog_DIR in CMakeLists.txt if Scarab has a parent directory
+
+
 ## [3.13.3] - 2025-10-06
 
 ### Changed