diff -pru pulsar-client-python-3.5.0.orig/CMakeLists.txt pulsar-client-python-3.5.0.new/CMakeLists.txt
--- pulsar-client-python-3.5.0.orig/CMakeLists.txt	2024-04-02 02:38:10.000000000 -0400
+++ pulsar-client-python-3.5.0.new/CMakeLists.txt	2024-11-19 08:07:09.147620062 -0500
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ message(STATUS "PULSAR_INCLUDE: ${PULSAR
 
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
-find_package (Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module)
+if (DEFINED USE_PYTHON_VERSION)
+    set(PYTHON_VERSION_REQUIREMENT ${USE_PYTHON_VERSION} EXACT)
+    message(STATUS "Using Python version:  " ${USE_PYTHON_VERSION})
+endif()
+find_package (Python3 ${PYTHON_VERSION_REQUIREMENT} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module)
 MESSAGE(STATUS "PYTHON: " ${Python3_VERSION} " - " ${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 find_path(PYBIND11_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES "pybind11/pybind11.h")
@@ -81,6 +85,9 @@ set(PYTHON_WRAPPER_LIBS
     ${PULSAR_LIBRARY}
 )
 set(PYTHON_WRAPPER_LIBS ${PYTHON_WRAPPER_LIBS} Python3::Module)
+if (DEFINED USE_PYTHON_VERSION)
+	set(PYTHON_WRAPPER_LIBS ${PYTHON_WRAPPER_LIBS} ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/libpython${USE_PYTHON_VERSION}.so)
+endif()
 
 message(STATUS "All libraries: ${PYTHON_WRAPPER_LIBS}")