diff --git a/cmake/cpm/CPM.cmake b/cmake/cpm/CPM.cmake
index e7bb536a..b7075fba 100644
--- a/cmake/cpm/CPM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cpm/CPM.cmake
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ endif()
 if(DEFINED EXTRACTED_CPM_VERSION)
   set(CURRENT_CPM_VERSION "${EXTRACTED_CPM_VERSION}${CPM_DEVELOPMENT}")
 else()
-  set(CURRENT_CPM_VERSION 0.43.1)
+  set(CURRENT_CPM_VERSION 0.43.2)
 endif()
 
 get_filename_component(CPM_CURRENT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" REALPATH)
@@ -785,13 +785,20 @@ function(CPMAddPackage)
                       "CPM_${CPM_ARGS_NAME}_SOURCE='${PACKAGE_SOURCE}'"
       )
     endif()
+    # Preserve semicolons in option values across the recursive cpmaddpackage() call.
+    set(_forwarded_options)
+    foreach(opt IN LISTS CPM_ARGS_OPTIONS)
+      string(REPLACE ";" "\\\\;" opt "${opt}")
+      list(APPEND _forwarded_options "${opt}")
+    endforeach()
+
     CPMAddPackage(
       NAME "${CPM_ARGS_NAME}"
       SOURCE_DIR "${PACKAGE_SOURCE}"
       EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL "${CPM_ARGS_EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL}"
       SYSTEM "${CPM_ARGS_SYSTEM}"
       PATCHES "${CPM_ARGS_PATCHES}"
-      OPTIONS "${CPM_ARGS_OPTIONS}"
+      OPTIONS "${_forwarded_options}"
       SOURCE_SUBDIR "${CPM_ARGS_SOURCE_SUBDIR}"
       DOWNLOAD_ONLY "${DOWNLOAD_ONLY}"
       FORCE True