diff --git a/cmake/external/cuDNN.cmake b/cmake/external/cuDNN.cmake
index b428ccb..9b73acb 100644
--- a/cmake/external/cuDNN.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/cuDNN.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+find_package(CUDNN REQUIRED) # vcpkg port 'cudnn'
+get_filename_component(cudnn_LIBRARY "${CUDNN_LIBRARY}" ABSOLUTE)
 add_library(CUDNN::cudnn_all INTERFACE IMPORTED)
 
 find_path(
diff --git a/cmake/external/cudnn_frontend.cmake b/cmake/external/cudnn_frontend.cmake
index d89ab0f..c28568f 100644
--- a/cmake/external/cudnn_frontend.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/cudnn_frontend.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-
+find_package(cudnn_frontend CONFIG REQUIRED) # cudnn-frontend 1.13.0+
+return()
 onnxruntime_fetchcontent_declare(
   cudnn_frontend
   URL ${DEP_URL_cudnn_frontend}
diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_providers_cuda.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_providers_cuda.cmake
index 91707c4..243783b 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_providers_cuda.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_providers_cuda.cmake
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
     onnxruntime_add_shared_library_module(onnxruntime_providers_cuda ${onnxruntime_providers_cuda_all_srcs})
   endif()
 
+  if(MSVC)
+    target_compile_options(onnxruntime_providers_cuda PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:/bigobj>)
+  endif()
   if(WIN32)
     # FILE_NAME preprocessor definition is used in onnxruntime_providers_cuda.rc
     target_compile_definitions(onnxruntime_providers_cuda PRIVATE FILE_NAME=\"onnxruntime_providers_cuda.dll\")
@@ -241,8 +244,8 @@
               ${ABSEIL_LIBS} ${ONNXRUNTIME_PROVIDERS_SHARED} Boost::mp11 safeint_interface)
     endif()
 
-    include(cutlass)
-    target_include_directories(${target} PRIVATE ${cutlass_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${cutlass_SOURCE_DIR}/examples ${cutlass_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/util/include)
+    find_package(NvidiaCutlass REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE nvidia::cutlass::cutlass nvidia::cutlass::tools::util)
     target_link_libraries(${target} PRIVATE Eigen3::Eigen)
     target_include_directories(${target} PRIVATE ${ONNXRUNTIME_ROOT} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} PUBLIC ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     # ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} is so that #include "onnxruntime_config.h" inside tensor_shape.h is found