diff --git a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_DCMTK_Config.cmake b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_DCMTK_Config.cmake
index f06720f125..4a29a52ff1 100644
--- a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_DCMTK_Config.cmake
+++ b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_DCMTK_Config.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 if( NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE )
   set(MISSING_LIBS_REQUIRED_BY_DCMTK wrap tiff z)
 endif( NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE )
 
 set(QT_USE_QTSQL 1)
 
-list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${DCMTK_INCLUDE_DIR})
+find_package(DCMTK)
+
+list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${DCMTK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 list(APPEND ALL_LIBRARIES ${DCMTK_LIBRARIES} ${MISSING_LIBS_REQUIRED_BY_DCMTK})
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
index 8b112c501b..19708fa5a3 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
@@ -1,62 +1,62 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DCMTK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(MITK_USE_DCMTK)
 
   # Sanity checks
   if(DEFINED DCMTK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${DCMTK_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "DCMTK_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   endif()
 
   set(proj DCMTK)
   set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   set(DCMTK_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(NOT DEFINED DCMTK_DIR)
     if(DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID)
       set(DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS "${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS} -DSITE_UID_ROOT=\\\"${DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID}\\\"")
       set(DCMTK_C_FLAGS "${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS} -DSITE_UID_ROOT=\\\"${DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID}\\\"")
     endif()
 
     set(additional_args )
     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}
-      URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/dcmtk-3.6.1_20161102.tar.gz
-      URL_MD5 682e12cf52c405e79724be614545709f
-      PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_COMMAND} -N -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/DCMTK.patch
+      URL ${MITK_THIRDPARY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/dcmtk-3.6.2.tar.gz
+      URL_MD5 d219a4152772985191c9b89d75302d12
       CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
       CMAKE_ARGS
          ${ep_common_args}
          ${additional_args}
          "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS}"
          "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${DCMTK_C_FLAGS}"
-         -DDCMTK_USE_CXX11_STL:BOOL=OFF
+         -DDCMTK_ENABLE_CXX11:BOOL=ON
+         -DDCMTK_ENABLE_STL:BOOL=ON
          -DDCMTK_WITH_DOXYGEN:BOOL=OFF
          -DDCMTK_WITH_ZLIB:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_OPENSSL:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_PNG:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_TIFF:BOOL=OFF  # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_XML:BOOL=OFF  # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_ICONV:BOOL=OFF  # see bug #9894
       CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
         ${ep_common_cache_args}
       CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS
         ${ep_common_cache_default_args}
       DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
       )
     set(DCMTK_DIR ${ep_prefix})
     mitkFunctionInstallExternalCMakeProject(${proj})
 
   else()
 
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
   endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.patch b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ea14821a6e..0000000000
--- a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMake/GenerateDCMTKConfigure.cmake b/CMake/GenerateDCMTKConfigure.cmake
-index c936b4d..d82781b 100644
---- a/CMake/GenerateDCMTKConfigure.cmake
-+++ b/CMake/GenerateDCMTKConfigure.cmake
-@@ -548,6 +548,30 @@ ENDIF(DCMTK_WITH_OPENSSL)
- INCLUDE(${DCMTK_CMAKE_INCLUDE}CMake/dcmtkTryCompile.cmake)
- INCLUDE(${DCMTK_CMAKE_INCLUDE}CMake/dcmtkTryRun.cmake)
-
-+IF(NOT HAVE_PROTOTYPE_STD__ISINF)
-+  unset(HAVE_PROTOTYPE_STD__ISINF CACHE)
-+  DCMTK_TRY_COMPILE(HAVE_PROTOTYPE_STD__ISINF "std::isinf is provided as function template"
-+    "#include <cmath>
-+
-+    int main()
-+    {
-+      std::isinf(0.0);
-+      return 0;
-+    }")
-+ENDIF(NOT HAVE_PROTOTYPE_STD__ISINF)
-+
-+IF(NOT HAVE_PROTOTYPE_STD__ISNAN)
-+  unset(HAVE_PROTOTYPE_STD__ISNAN CACHE)
-+  DCMTK_TRY_COMPILE(HAVE_PROTOTYPE_STD__ISNAN "std::isnan is provided as function template"
-+    "#include <cmath>
-+
-+    int main()
-+    {
-+      std::isnan(0.0);
-+      return 0;
-+    }")
-+ENDIF(NOT HAVE_PROTOTYPE_STD__ISNAN)
-+
- IF(NOT DEFINED C_CHAR_UNSIGNED)
-   MESSAGE(STATUS "Checking signedness of char")
-   DCMTK_TRY_RUN(C_CHAR_SIGNED C_CHAR_SIGNED_COMPILED ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeTmp/Char
-
-diff --git a/DCMTKConfig.cmake.in b/DCMTKConfig.cmake.in
-index 89188d2..b77a856 100644
---- a/CMake/DCMTKConfig.cmake.in
-+++ b/CMake/DCMTKConfig.cmake.in
-@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ SET(DCMTK_OVERWRITE_WIN32_COMPILER_FLAGS @DCMTK_OVERWRITE_WIN32_COMPILER_FLAGS@)
- SET(DCMTK_WIDE_CHAR_FILE_IO_FUNCTIONS @DCMTK_WIDE_CHAR_FILE_IO_FUNCTIONS@)
- SET(DCMTK_WIDE_CHAR_MAIN_FUNCTION @DCMTK_WIDE_CHAR_MAIN_FUNCTION@)
-
-+@DCMTK_INCLUDE_DIR_CONFIGS@
-+
- SET_AND_CHECK(DCMTK_TARGETS "@PACKAGE_DCMTK_CMKDIR_CONFIG@/DCMTKTargets.cmake")
-
-+SET(DCMTK_INCLUDE_DIRS "")
-+FOREACH(module config ${DCMTK_MODULES})
-+  LIST(APPEND DCMTK_INCLUDE_DIRS ${DCMTK_${module}_INCLUDE_DIR})
-+ENDFOREACH(module)
-+
- @DCMTK_CONFIG_CODE@
-
- # Compatibility: This variable is deprecated