diff --git a/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/conanfile.py
index 5bb517c0955a7f..09b5607e0454d3 100644
--- a/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/conanfile.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import os
-
 from conan import ConanFile
+from conan.tools.build import check_min_cppstd
 from conan.tools.files import copy, get
 from conan.tools.layout import basic_layout
+import os
 
 required_conan_version = ">=1.50.0"
 
@@ -23,17 +23,24 @@ def layout(self):
     def package_id(self):
         self.info.clear()
 
-    def generate(self):
-        pass
+    def validate(self):
+        if self.settings.compiler.get_safe("cppstd"):
+            check_min_cppstd(self, 11)
 
     def source(self):
-        get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)
+        get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version],
+            destination=self.source_folder, strip_root=True)
+
+    def build(self):
+        pass
 
     def package(self):
         copy(self, "LICENSE*", self.source_folder, os.path.join(self.package_folder, "licenses"))
         copy(self, "*", os.path.join(self.source_folder, "include"), os.path.join(self.package_folder, "include"))
 
     def package_info(self):
-        self.cpp_info.names["cmake_find_package"] = "nlohmann_json"
-        self.cpp_info.names["cmake_find_package_multi"] = "nlohmann_json"
-        self.cpp_info.names["pkg_config"] = "nlohmann_json"
+        self.cpp_info.set_property("cmake_file_name", "nlohmann_json")
+        self.cpp_info.set_property("cmake_target_name", "nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json")
+        self.cpp_info.set_property("pkg_config_name", "nlohmann_json")
+        self.cpp_info.bindirs = []
+        self.cpp_info.libdirs = []
diff --git a/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
index a0cd149e8acbff..8976512b85ce63 100644
--- a/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
-project(test_package)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+project(test_package LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED CONFIG)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} test_package.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
-set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
+target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
diff --git a/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_package/conanfile.py
index 87a7297528bf37..cb68885270b304 100644
--- a/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_package/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
     settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
     generators = "CMakeDeps", "CMakeToolchain", "VirtualRunEnv"
+    test_type = "explicit"
 
     def requirements(self):
         self.requires(self.tested_reference_str)
diff --git a/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt
index 6eb158583c5c76..611fe4322eb549 100644
--- a/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/nlohmann_json/all/test_v1_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.2)
-project(test_package)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+project(test_package LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
 conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)
 find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED CONFIG)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ../test_package/test_package.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
-set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
+target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)