diff --git a/examples/hello/bpWriteReadHip/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello/bpWriteReadHip/CMakeLists.txt
index f6ea6cda2e..bb1b6d3acf 100644
--- a/examples/hello/bpWriteReadHip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/hello/bpWriteReadHip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ endif()
 if(ADIOS2_HAVE_Kokkos_HIP OR hip_FOUND)
   add_executable(adios2_hello_bpWriteReadHip bpWriteReadHip.cpp)
   target_link_libraries(adios2_hello_bpWriteReadHip adios2::cxx11 hip::device)
-  set_target_properties(adios2_hello_bpWriteReadHip PROPERTIES LANGUAGE "HIP")
+  set_source_files_properties(bpWriteReadHip.cpp PROPERTIES LANGUAGE HIP)
   install(TARGETS adios2_hello_bpWriteReadHip RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
 endif()