diff --git a/CMakeExternals/VTK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/VTK.cmake
index 9da6a53fd0..572d678bbf 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/VTK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/VTK.cmake
@@ -1,99 +1,99 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # VTK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(WIN32)
   option(VTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE OFF)
 else(WIN32)
   option(VTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE ON)
 endif(WIN32)
 
 # Sanity checks
 if(DEFINED VTK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${VTK_DIR})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "VTK_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
 endif()
 
 set(proj VTK)
 set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
 set(VTK_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
 if(NOT DEFINED VTK_DIR)
 
   set(additional_cmake_args )
   if(MINGW)
     set(additional_cmake_args
         -DCMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS:BOOL=ON
         -DCMAKE_USE_PTHREADS:BOOL=OFF
         -DVTK_USE_VIDEO4WINDOWS:BOOL=OFF # no header files provided by MinGW
         )
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_USE_Python)
     list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
          -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON
          -DVTK_USE_TK:BOOL=OFF
          -DVTK_WINDOWS_PYTHON_DEBUGGABLE:BOOL=OFF
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
          -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR}
          -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR2:PATH=${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR2}
          -DPYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${PYTHON_LIBRARY}
          #-DPYTHON_LIBRARIES=${PYTHON_LIBRARY}
          #-DPYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARIES=${PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARIES}
         )
   else()
     list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
          -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=OFF
          -DVTK_WINDOWS_PYTHON_DEBUGGABLE:BOOL=OFF
         )
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_USE_QT)
     if(DESIRED_QT_VERSION MATCHES 4) # current VTK package has a HARD Qt 4 dependency
       list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
           -DDESIRED_QT_VERSION:STRING=${DESIRED_QT_VERSION}
           -DVTK_USE_GUISUPPORT:BOOL=ON
           -DVTK_USE_QVTK_QTOPENGL:BOOL=OFF
           -DVTK_USE_QT:BOOL=ON
           -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE}
           -DVTK_Group_Qt:BOOL=ON
        )
      endif()
   endif()
 
-  set(VTK_URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/vtk-6.0.0.tar.gz)
-  set(VTK_URL_MD5 fa07fb55a905186f7d98807585efb20e)
+  set(VTK_URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/VTK-6.1.0.tar.gz)
+  set(VTK_URL_MD5 25e4dfb3bad778722dcaec80cd5dab7d)
 
 
-    ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
+  ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
     SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
     BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
     PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
     URL ${VTK_URL}
     URL_MD5 ${VTK_URL_MD5}
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
     CMAKE_ARGS
         ${ep_common_args}
         -DVTK_WRAP_TCL:BOOL=OFF
         -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=OFF
         -DVTK_WRAP_JAVA:BOOL=OFF
         -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON
         -DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE:BOOL=${VTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE}
         -DVTK_LEGACY_REMOVE:BOOL=ON
         -DModule_vtkTestingRendering:BOOL=ON
         -DModule_vtkGUISupportQt:BOOL=ON
         -DModule_vtkGUISupportQtWebkit:BOOL=ON
         -DModule_vtkGUISupportQtSQL:BOOL=ON
         -DModule_vtkRenderingQt:BOOL=ON
         -DVTK_MAKE_INSTANTIATORS:BOOL=ON
         ${additional_cmake_args}
      DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
     )
 
   set(VTK_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build)
 
 else()
 
   mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
 endif()