diff --git a/cmake/OpenSimMacros.cmake b/cmake/OpenSimMacros.cmake
index f24eacd046..e1b9e537e9 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenSimMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenSimMacros.cmake
@@ -221,10 +221,9 @@ function(OpenSimAddLibrary)
     # This target links to the libraries provided as arguments to this func.
     target_link_libraries(${OSIMADDLIB_LIBRARY_NAME} ${OSIMADDLIB_LINKLIBS})
 
-    target_compile_options(${OSIMADDLIB_LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
-        # disable warning 4996 on Windows: `spdlog` transitively 
-        # uses a deprecated `stdext::checked_array_iterator`
-        $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/wd4996>
+    target_compile_definitions(${OSIMADDLIB_LIBRARY_NAME} PUBLIC
+        # `spdlog` transitively uses a deprecated `stdext::checked_array_iterator`
+        $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:_SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING>
     )
 
     # This is for exporting classes on Windows.
diff --git a/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt b/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ecea1ffa0..0b68f0bff7 100644
--- a/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ function(AddDependency)
             list(APPEND CMAKE_ARGS
                 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
         endif()
-        list(APPEND CMAKE_ARGS ${DEP_CMAKE_ARGS})
 
         # Forward cmake arguments to dependencies.
         list(APPEND CMAKE_ARGS
@@ -140,6 +139,9 @@ function(AddDependency)
             list(APPEND CMAKE_ARGS -DSWIG_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${SWIG_EXECUTABLE})
         endif()
 
+        # Append the dependency-specific CMake arguments.
+        list(APPEND CMAKE_ARGS ${DEP_CMAKE_ARGS})
+
         if(DEP_GIT_URL)
             ExternalProject_Add(${DEP_NAME}
                 DEPENDS          ${DEP_DEPENDS}
@@ -193,6 +195,11 @@ AddDependency(NAME       docopt
               GIT_URL    https://github.com/docopt/docopt.cpp.git
               GIT_TAG    3dd23e3280f213bacefdf5fcb04857bf52e90917)
 
+set(SPDLOG_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+if(MSVC)
+    # `spdlog` transitively uses a deprecated `stdext::checked_array_iterator`
+    set(SPDLOG_CXX_FLAGS "${SPDLOG_CXX_FLAGS} /D_SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING")
+endif()
 
 AddDependency(NAME       spdlog
               DEFAULT    ON
@@ -201,7 +208,8 @@ AddDependency(NAME       spdlog
               CMAKE_ARGS -DSPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH:BOOL=OFF
                          -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF
                          -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE:BOOL=OFF
-                         -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=ON)
+                         -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=ON
+                         -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${SPDLOG_CXX_FLAGS})
 
 AddDependency(NAME       catch2
               DEFAULT    ON