diff --git a/CMakeExternals/MITKData.cmake b/CMakeExternals/MITKData.cmake
index f36768cf88..4c5945ba5f 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/MITKData.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/MITKData.cmake
@@ -1,36 +1,37 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # MITK Data
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Sanity checks
 if(DEFINED MITK_DATA_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${MITK_DATA_DIR})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "MITK_DATA_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
 endif()
 
 set(proj MITK-Data)
 set(proj_DEPENDENCIES)
 set(MITK-Data_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
-  set(revision_tag b8db25fb) # first 8 characters of hash-tag
+
+  set(revision_tag 808005fc) # first 8 characters of hash-tag
 #                  ^^^^^^^^  these are just to check correct length of hash part
 
   ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
     SOURCE_DIR ${proj}
-    URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/mitk-data_${revision_tag}.tar.gz
-    UPDATE_COMMAND ""
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://phabricator.mitk.org/diffusion/MD/mitk-data.git
+    GIT_TAG ${revision_tag}
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
     BUILD_COMMAND ""
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
   )
 
   set(MITK_DATA_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj})
 
 else()
 
   mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
 endif(BUILD_TESTING)