diff --git a/CMakeExternals/httplib.cmake b/CMakeExternals/httplib.cmake
index a127b2b9a4..0537909e10 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/httplib.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/httplib.cmake
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
 set(proj httplib)
 set(proj_DEPENDENCIES ZLIB)
 
 if(MITK_USE_${proj})
   set(${proj}_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(DEFINED ${proj}_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${${proj}_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "${proj}_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory!")
   endif()
 
   if(NOT DEFINED ${proj}_DIR)
     set(cmake_cache_args
       ${ep_common_cache_args}
       -DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL:BOOL=ON
       -DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_ZLIB:BOOL=ON
       -DHTTPLIB_USE_BROTLI_IF_AVAILABLE:BOOL=OFF
     )
 
     if(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR)
       list(APPEND cmake_cache_args
         -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR:PATH=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}
       )
     endif()
 
     if(OPENSSL_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3)
-      set(GIT_TAG 5c00bbf36ba8ff47b4fb97712fc38cb2884e5b98) # v0.15.3
+      set(GIT_TAG 5c00bbf36ba8ff47b4fb97712fc38cb2884e5b98) # v0.15.3 cpp-httplib
     else()
-      set(GIT_TAG cbca63f091ef1147ff57e90eb1ee5e558aa05d2c) # v0.14.3
+      set(GIT_TAG cbca63f091ef1147ff57e90eb1ee5e558aa05d2c) # v0.14.3 cpp-httplib fallback version with OPENSSLv1 support
     endif()
 
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
       GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib.git
       GIT_TAG ${GIT_TAG}
       CMAKE_ARGS ${ep_common_args}
       CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS ${cmake_cache_args}
       CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS ${ep_common_cache_default_args}
       DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
     )
 
     set(${proj}_DIR ${ep_prefix})
   else()
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
   endif()
 endif()