diff --git a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_lz4_Config.cmake b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_lz4_Config.cmake
index b9b2b8ff86..027604f0ab 100644
--- a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_lz4_Config.cmake
+++ b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_lz4_Config.cmake
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${lz4_INCLUDE_DIR})
-list(APPEND ALL_LIBRARIES ${lz4_LIBRARIES})
+list(APPEND ALL_LIBRARIES LZ4::lz4_shared)
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/lz4.cmake b/CMakeExternals/lz4.cmake
index 5f63e12c42..28a1315826 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/lz4.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/lz4.cmake
@@ -1,54 +1,54 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # lz4
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(MITK_USE_lz4)
   # Sanity checks
   if(DEFINED lz4_DIR AND NOT EXISTS "${lz4_DIR}")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "lz4_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   endif()
 
   set(proj lz4)
   set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   set(lz4_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(NOT DEFINED lz4_DIR)
 
     set(additional_args )
 
     if(NOT CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX)
       list(APPEND additional_args "-DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX:STRING=d")
     endif()
 
     if(CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS)
       list(APPEND additional_args
         "-DCMAKE_PROJECT_${proj}_INCLUDE:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CTestUseLaunchers.cmake"
       )
     endif()
 
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
       LIST_SEPARATOR ${sep}
       GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/lz4/lz4.git
-      GIT_TAG v1.9.3
+      GIT_TAG v1.9.4
       SOURCE_SUBDIR build/cmake
       CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
       CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM ${gen_platform}
       CMAKE_ARGS
         ${ep_common_args}
         ${additional_args}
       CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
         ${ep_common_cache_args}
         -DLZ4_BUILD_CLI:BOOL=OFF
         -DLZ4_BUILD_LEGACY_LZ4C:BOOL=OFF
       CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS
         ${ep_common_cache_default_args}
       DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
     )
 
     set(lz4_DIR "${ep_prefix}")
     mitkFunctionInstallExternalCMakeProject(${proj})
 
   else()
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
   endif()
 endif()