diff --git a/cmake_files/LookUpONNXRT.cmake b/cmake_files/LookUpONNXRT.cmake
index de4d3a3d7..f01092970 100644
--- a/cmake_files/LookUpONNXRT.cmake
+++ b/cmake_files/LookUpONNXRT.cmake
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if(NOT ${onnxruntime_FOUND})
   FetchContent_Declare(onnxruntime
                        URL ${ORT_URL}
                        URL_HASH SHA256=b072f989d6315ac0e22dcb4771b083c5156d974a3496ac3504c77f4062eb248e
-                       DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dependencies)
+                       DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dependencies)
   FetchContent_MakeAvailable(onnxruntime)
   message(STATUS "Downloaded ONNXrt to ${onnxruntime_SOURCE_DIR}")
   set(onnxruntime_INCLUDE_DIR "${onnxruntime_SOURCE_DIR}/include")