diff --git a/.conan/profiles/linux_aarch64_debug b/.conan/profiles/linux_aarch64_debug
index 0af01184..a64bb8f5 100644
--- a/.conan/profiles/linux_aarch64_debug
+++ b/.conan/profiles/linux_aarch64_debug
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ compiler=gcc
 compiler.version=11
 compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11
 build_type=Debug
+
+[env]
+CONAN_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu
+CONAN_CMAKE_SYSROOT=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu
+CC=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
+CXX=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++
diff --git a/.conan/profiles/linux_aarch64_release b/.conan/profiles/linux_aarch64_release
index 0cc37f38..d960db94 100644
--- a/.conan/profiles/linux_aarch64_release
+++ b/.conan/profiles/linux_aarch64_release
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ compiler=gcc
 compiler.version=11
 compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11
 build_type=Release
+
+[env]
+CONAN_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu
+CONAN_CMAKE_SYSROOT=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu
+CC=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
+CXX=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++
diff --git a/.conan/profiles/linux_x86_64_debug b/.conan/profiles/linux_x86_64_debug
index 50797d4c..c6616e2e 100644
--- a/.conan/profiles/linux_x86_64_debug
+++ b/.conan/profiles/linux_x86_64_debug
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ compiler=gcc
 compiler.version=11
 compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11
 build_type=Debug
+
+[env]
+CONAN_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu
+CONAN_CMAKE_SYSROOT=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu
+CC=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc
+CXX=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-g++
diff --git a/.conan/profiles/linux_x86_64_release b/.conan/profiles/linux_x86_64_release
index c823b204..04817f32 100644
--- a/.conan/profiles/linux_x86_64_release
+++ b/.conan/profiles/linux_x86_64_release
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ compiler=gcc
 compiler.version=11
 compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11
 build_type=Release
+
+[env]
+CONAN_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu
+CONAN_CMAKE_SYSROOT=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu
+CC=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc
+CXX=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-g++
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dc4c580d..ffd70126 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Check Conan package
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        host: ["linux_x86_64"]
+        host: ["linux_x86_64", "linux_aarch64"]
       fail-fast: false
 
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3dcd7bc4..d2c28988 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(SDK_STANDALONE      ON CACHE BOOL "Build the SDK in standalone mode.")
+# set the project name
+project(VehicleAppCppSdk CXX)
+
 set(SDK_BUILD_TESTS     ON CACHE BOOL "Build the SDK tests.")
 set(SDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES  ON CACHE BOOL "Build the SDK examples.")
 
@@ -26,36 +28,21 @@ include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sdk/include
 )
 
-if(SDK_STANDALONE)
-    # set the project name
-    project(VehicleAppCppSdk CXX)
-
-    if(STATIC_BUILD)
-        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
-        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static")
-    endif()
-
-    set(BUILD_EXAMPLES CACHE BOOL true)
-    set(BUILD_TESTS CACHE BOOL true)
 
-    find_program(CCACHE_FOUND ccache)
+if(STATIC_BUILD)
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static")
+endif()
 
-    if(CCACHE_FOUND)
-        message("Found ccache installation")
-        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE ccache)
-    endif()
+set(BUILD_EXAMPLES CACHE BOOL true)
+set(BUILD_TESTS CACHE BOOL true)
 
-    # use conan for dependency management
-    set(CONAN_BUILD_INFO_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
+find_program(CCACHE_FOUND ccache)
 
-    if(NOT EXISTS ${CONAN_BUILD_INFO_FILE})
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan build info file missing. Did you run install_dependencies.sh first?")
-        return()
-    else()
-        include(${CONAN_BUILD_INFO_FILE})
-        conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)
-    endif()
-endif(SDK_STANDALONE)
+if(CCACHE_FOUND)
+    message("Found ccache installation")
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE ccache)
+endif()
 
 if(SDK_BUILD_TESTS)
     enable_testing()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5005c51..d7e68cb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The Vehicle App SDK for C++ allows to create `Vehicle Apps` from the [Velocitas
     * 📁 `include` - the headers which need to be included by users of the SDK
     * 📁 `src` - contains the source code for the SDK from which the SDK library is built
     * 📁 `test` - contains the unit test code for the SDK
+* 📁 `test_package` - test package for Conan package tests/verification
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 5245fc12..264be696 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -126,20 +126,6 @@ if [ "${GEN_COVERAGE}" == "ON" ]; then
   CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} --coverage"
 fi
 
-mkdir -p build && cd build
-
-# Expose the PATH of the build-time requirements from Conan to CMake - this is NOT handled by
-# any of Conan's CMake generators at the moment, hence we parse the conanbuildinfo.txt which
-# is generated and holds these paths. This allows us to always use the protoc and grpc cpp plugin
-# of the build system.
-BUILD_TOOLS_PATH=""
-CONAN_BUILD_TOOLS_PATHS=$(sed '/^PATH=/!d;s/PATH=//g;s/,/\n/g' ./conanbuildinfo.txt | tr -d '[]'\" )
-while read -r p; do
-  if [[ ! -z "${p// }" ]]; then
-    BUILD_TOOLS_PATH="$BUILD_TOOLS_PATH;$p"
-  fi
-done < <(echo "$CONAN_BUILD_TOOLS_PATHS")
-
 XCOMPILE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=""
 if [[ "${BUILD_ARCH}" != "${HOST_ARCH}" ]]; then
   echo "Setting up cross compilation toolchain..."
@@ -147,16 +133,21 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_ARCH}" != "${HOST_ARCH}" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Configure CMake and build the project.
-cmake --no-warn-unused-cli \
-  -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=TRUE \
-  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${BUILD_VARIANT} \
-  -DSTATIC_BUILD:BOOL=${STATIC_BUILD} \
-  -DSDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=${SDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES} \
-  -S.. \
-  -B../build \
-  -G Ninja \
-  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}" \
-  -DBUILD_TOOLS_PATH:STRING="${BUILD_TOOLS_PATH}" \
-  ${XCOMPILE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE} ..
-cmake --build . --config ${BUILD_VARIANT} --target ${BUILD_TARGET} -- 
-cd ..
+#cmake --no-warn-unused-cli \
+#  -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=TRUE \
+#  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${BUILD_VARIANT} \
+#  -DSTATIC_BUILD:BOOL=${STATIC_BUILD} \
+#  -DSDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=${SDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES} \
+#  -S.. \
+#  -B../build \
+#  -G Ninja \
+#  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}" \
+#  -DBUILD_TOOLS_PATH:STRING="${BUILD_TOOLS_PATH}" \
+#  ${XCOMPILE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE} ..
+#cmake --build . --config ${BUILD_VARIANT} --target ${BUILD_TARGET} -- 
+#cd ..
+
+conan build \
+ -if ./build \
+ -bf ./build \
+ .
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 135a9d7d..9e3303a7 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -13,14 +13,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 from conans import ConanFile, tools
-from conan.tools.cmake import cmake_layout, CMakeToolchain, CMake
-import subprocess
+from conan.tools.cmake import cmake_layout, CMake
 import os
 import re
-import subprocess
-
-from conan.tools.cmake import cmake_layout
-from conans import ConanFile, tools
 
 
 
@@ -44,27 +39,23 @@ class VehicleAppCppSdkConan(ConanFile):
         ("libcurl/8.1.2"),
         ("nlohmann_json/3.11.2"),
         ("openssl/1.1.1u"),
-        ("paho-mqtt-c/1.3.9"),
+        ("paho-mqtt-c/1.3.13"),
         ("paho-mqtt-cpp/1.2.0"),
         ("zlib/1.3"),
     ]
-    generators = "cmake"
+    generators = "CMakeToolchain", "CMakeDeps"
     author = "Robert Bosch GmbH"
 
     # Binary configuration
     settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
     options = {"shared": [True, False], "examples": [True, False]}
-    default_options = {"shared": False, "examples": False}
+    default_options = {"shared": False, "examples": True}
 
     exports = "version.txt"
 
     # Sources are located in the same place as this recipe, copy them to the recipe
     exports_sources = ".scripts/common.sh", "build.sh", "install_dependencies.sh", "CMakeLists.txt", "sdk/*", "examples/*", "conanfile.py", ".conan/profiles/*", "version.txt"
 
-    options = {"shared": [True, False]}
-    
-    default_options = {"shared": True}
-
     def set_version(self):
         try:
             git = tools.Git(folder=".")
@@ -88,17 +79,17 @@ def set_version(self):
                 
 
     def config_options(self):
-        if self.settings.os == "Linux":
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows":
             del self.options.fPIC
 
     def layout(self):
-        cmake_layout(self, src_folder="sdk")
+        cmake_layout(self)
 
     def build(self):
         cmake = CMake(self)
         cmake.configure(variables={
-            "STATIC_BUILD:BOOL":not self.options["shared"],
-            "SDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL":self.options["examples"]
+            "STATIC_BUILD:BOOL": "ON" if not self.options.shared else "OFF",
+            "SDK_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL": "ON" if self.options.examples else "OFF"
         })
         cmake.build()
 
diff --git a/install_dependencies.sh b/install_dependencies.sh
index 8f355072..2a317f77 100755
--- a/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -90,32 +90,10 @@ echo "Build arch         ${BUILD_ARCH}"
 echo "Host arch          ${HOST_ARCH}"
 echo "Building deps      ${WHICH_DEPS_TO_BUILD}"
 
-mkdir -p build
-
-XCOMPILE_PROFILE=""
-
-if [[ "${BUILD_ARCH}" != "${HOST_ARCH}" ]]; then
-  echo "Setting up cross compilation toolchain..."
-
-  toolchain=/usr/bin/${HOST_ARCH}-linux-gnu
-  target_host=${HOST_ARCH}-linux-gnu
-  cc_compiler=gcc
-  cxx_compiler=g++
-
-  export CONAN_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=$toolchain
-  export CONAN_CMAKE_SYSROOT=$toolchain
-  export CC=$target_host-$cc_compiler
-  export CXX=$target_host-$cxx_compiler
-
-  XCOMPILE_PROFILE="-pr:b .conan/profiles/linux_${BUILD_ARCH}_${BUILD_VARIANT}"
-fi
-
-# Enable Conan revision handling to enable pinning googleapis recipe revision (see conanfile.py)
-export CONAN_REVISIONS_ENABLED=1
-
 conan install \
+    -pr:b .conan/profiles/linux_${BUILD_ARCH}_${BUILD_VARIANT} \
     -pr:h .conan/profiles/linux_${HOST_ARCH}_${BUILD_VARIANT} \
-    ${XCOMPILE_PROFILE} \
     --build "${WHICH_DEPS_TO_BUILD}" \
     -of ./build \
-    -if ./build .
+    -if ./build \
+    .
diff --git a/sdk/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 13cd3b52..e2291d68 100644
--- a/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
 add_subdirectory(proto)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
diff --git a/sdk/proto/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/proto/CMakeLists.txt
index b83477ce..0f27c1d0 100644
--- a/sdk/proto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/proto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
 file(GLOB_RECURSE PROTO_FILES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.proto)
 
 find_program(_gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE protoc REQUIRED 
-    PATHS ${BUILD_TOOLS_PATH}
-    NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    PATHS ${BUILD_TOOLS_PATH})
 find_program(_GRPC_CPP_PLUGIN_EXECUTABLE grpc_cpp_plugin REQUIRED 
-    PATHS ${BUILD_TOOLS_PATH}
-    NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    PATHS ${BUILD_TOOLS_PATH})
 
 set(_gRPC_PROTO_GENS_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gens)
 set(_gRPC_PROTO_SRCS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ foreach(FILE ${PROTO_FILES})
         ${OUTPUT_FILE_PATH_GRPC_MOCK_HDR}
     )
 
-    set(GENERATE_GRPC_SOURCES FALSE)
+    set(GENERATE_GRPC_SOURCES OFF)
 
     foreach(OUTPUT_FILE ${OUTPUT_FILES})
         if(NOT EXISTS ${OUTPUT_FILE})
-            set(GENERATE_GRPC_SOURCES TRUE)
+            set(GENERATE_GRPC_SOURCES ON)
             message("File does not exist: " ${OUTPUT_FILE})
         else()
             # message("File already exists: " ${OUTPUT_FILE})
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC
     ${PROTO_SRCS}
 )
 
+find_package(grpc REQUIRED)
+find_package(protobuf REQUIRED)
+
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}
-    CONAN_PKG::grpc
+    gRPC::grpc
+    gRPC::grpc++
+    protobuf::protobuf
 )
+
+set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/sdk/src/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b5a8ed7..adc25615 100644
--- a/sdk/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
 set(TARGET_NAME "vehicle-app-sdk")
 
+if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW)
+endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
+
 add_library(${TARGET_NAME}
     sdk/VehicleApp.cpp
     sdk/Model.cpp
@@ -50,11 +56,17 @@ add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME}
     vehicle-app-sdk-generated-grpc
 )
 
+find_package(gRPC REQUIRED)
+find_package(cpr REQUIRED)
+find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
+find_package(PahoMqttCpp REQUIRED)
+find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
+
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}
-    CONAN_PKG::grpc
-    CONAN_PKG::cpr
-    CONAN_PKG::fmt
-    CONAN_PKG::paho-mqtt-cpp
-    CONAN_PKG::nlohmann_json
+    gRPC::grpc
+    cpr::cpr
+    fmt::fmt
+    PahoMqttCpp::paho-mqttpp3-static
+    nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
     vehicle-app-sdk-generated-grpc
 )
\ No newline at end of file