diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 24e092f..3a4b2fe 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 set(QWT_BUILD_SHARED ON)
+set(COLOR_BUILD_PIC ON)
+set(SPDLOG_BUILD_PIC ON)
 add_subdirectory(color)
 add_subdirectory(cpp-templates)
 add_subdirectory(git_tag_cpp)
diff --git a/external/color b/external/color
index 07bfa30..159c844 160000
--- a/external/color
+++ b/external/color
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 07bfa3007fe8ed65ac644cc73b109e44d0344c4a
+Subproject commit 159c844062da1cd9508b42ced0dc249924b7038c