diff --git a/CMakeExternals/GDCM.cmake b/CMakeExternals/GDCM.cmake
index 5ad1556646..d785dd6f64 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/GDCM.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/GDCM.cmake
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # GDCM
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Sanity checks
 if(DEFINED GDCM_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${GDCM_DIR})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "GDCM_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
 endif()
 
 # Check if an external ITK build tree was specified.
 # If yes, use the GDCM from ITK, otherwise ITK will complain
 if(ITK_DIR)
   find_package(ITK)
   if(ITK_GDCM_DIR)
     set(GDCM_DIR ${ITK_GDCM_DIR})
   endif()
 endif()
 
 
 set(proj GDCM)
 set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
 set(GDCM_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
 if(NOT DEFINED GDCM_DIR)
 
 
   set(GDCM_PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DTEMPLATE_FILE:FILEPATH=${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/EmptyFileForPatching.dummy -P ${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/PatchGDCM-20130814.cmake)
 
 
   ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
      SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
      BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
      PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
-     URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/gdcm-2.2.1.tar.gz
-     URL_MD5 67c6808a6f62796954f4131e24aaab2c
+     URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/gdcm-2.4.1.tar.bz2
+     URL_MD5 1120f9a5ebcef7df6933ca83545f514d
      INSTALL_COMMAND ""
      PATCH_COMMAND ${GDCM_PATCH_COMMAND}
      CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
      CMAKE_ARGS
        ${ep_common_args}
        -DGDCM_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON
      DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
     )
   set(GDCM_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build)
 
 else()
 
   mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
   find_package(GDCM)
 
 endif()