diff --git a/cmake_targets/build_oai b/cmake_targets/build_oai
index cb66d4f862..687431db37 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/build_oai
+++ b/cmake_targets/build_oai
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ function main() {
     echo_info "Doxygen generation log is located here: $doxygen_log"
     echo_info "Generating Doxygen files....please wait"
     (
-      cmake --build . --target doc
+      $CMAKE --build . --target doc
     ) >& $doxygen_log
   fi
 
diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 9b643ab16e..4f1ea858a4 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@ compilations() {
   local verbose=$([ "$VERBOSE_COMPILE" == "1" ] && echo "-v" || echo "")
   echo cd $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/$dir/build
   cd $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/$dir/build
-  echo_info "Running \"cmake --build . $verbose --target $targets -- -j$(nproc)\"" $green
+  echo_info "Running \"$CMAKE --build . $verbose --target $targets -- -j$(nproc)\"" $green
   echo "Log file for compilation is being written to: $dlog/$logfile"
   set +e
   {
-    cmake --build . $verbose --target $targets -- -j$(nproc)
+    $CMAKE --build . $verbose --target $targets -- -j$(nproc)
     ret=$?
   } > $dlog/$logfile 2>&1
   if [ "$VERBOSE_CI" == "1" ]; then