diff --git a/CMakeExternals/SWIG.cmake b/CMakeExternals/SWIG.cmake
index 1b8dd7d95c..f107450e41 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/SWIG.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/SWIG.cmake
@@ -1,72 +1,76 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 # SWIG (Simple Wrapper Interface Generator)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 if(MITK_USE_SWIG)
   if(DEFINED SWIG_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${SWIG_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "SWIG_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   endif()
 
   set(SWIG_TARGET_VERSION 4.0.2)
   set(proj SWIG)
   if(WIN32)
     set(proj_DEPENDENCIES)
   else()
     set(proj_DEPENDENCIES PCRE2)
   endif()
   set(SWIG_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(NOT SWIG_DIR)
 
     # We don't "install" SWIG in the common install prefix,
     # since it is only used as a tool during the MITK super-build
     # to generate the Python wrappings for some projects.
 
     # binary SWIG for windows
     if(WIN32)
       set(swig_source_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/swigwin-${SWIG_TARGET_VERSION})
 
       # swig.exe available as pre-built binary on Windows:
       ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
         URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/swigwin-${SWIG_TARGET_VERSION}.zip
         URL_MD5 "009926b512aee9318546bdd4c7eab6f9"
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
         BUILD_COMMAND ""
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
         )
 
       ExternalProject_Get_Property(${proj} source_dir)
       set(SWIG_DIR ${source_dir})
       set(SWIG_EXECUTABLE ${source_dir}/swig.exe)
 
     else()
       # swig uses bison find it by cmake and pass it down
       find_package(BISON)
       set(BISON_FLAGS "" CACHE STRING "Flags used by bison")
       mark_as_advanced( BISON_FLAGS)
 
       ExternalProject_add(${proj}
         LIST_SEPARATOR ${sep}
-        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/swig/swig.git
-        GIT_TAG v${SWIG_TARGET_VERSION}
-        # Custom install dir for SWIG
+        URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/swig-${SWIG_TARGET_VERSION}.tar.gz
+        URL_MD5 7c3e46cb5af2b469722cafa0d91e127b
+        # Switching to Git would require additional prerequisites:
+        #   - autotools-dev
+        #   - automake
+        # GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/swig/swig.git
+        # GIT_TAG v${SWIG_TARGET_VERSION}
         INSTALL_DIR ${ep_prefix}/src/${proj}-install
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/./configure
                           CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1}
                           LDFLAGS=${CMAKE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE}
                           CXX=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1}
                             "--prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>"
                             "--with-pcre-prefix=${PCRE2_DIR}"
                             --without-octave
                             "--with-python=${Python3_EXECUTABLE}"
         DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
         )
 
       ExternalProject_Get_Property(${proj} install_dir)
       set(SWIG_DIR ${install_dir}/share/swig/${SWIG_TARGET_VERSION})
       set(SWIG_EXECUTABLE ${install_dir}/bin/swig)
 
     endif()
   else()
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
   endif()
 endif()