diff --git a/ports/vtk/CONTROL b/ports/vtk/CONTROL
index e8693b06e..bf0f64ad7 100644
--- a/ports/vtk/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/vtk/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: vtk
-Version: 8.2.0-11
+Version: 8.2.0-12
 Description: Software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization
 Homepage: https://github.com/Kitware/VTK
 Build-Depends: zlib, libpng, tiff, libxml2, jsoncpp, glew, freetype, expat, hdf5, libjpeg-turbo, proj4, lz4, libtheora, eigen3, double-conversion, pugixml, libharu, sqlite3, netcdf-c
diff --git a/ports/vtk/fix-pugixml-link.patch b/ports/vtk/fix-pugixml-link.patch
index 9a5edb5f5..aadd41adb 100644
--- a/ports/vtk/fix-pugixml-link.patch
+++ b/ports/vtk/fix-pugixml-link.patch
@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
-diff --git a/IO/CityGML/CMakeLists.txt b/IO/CityGML/CMakeLists.txt
-index ce979ba..322e2de 100644
---- a/IO/CityGML/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/IO/CityGML/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -4,8 +4,5 @@ vtk_module_library(vtkIOCityGML ${Module_SRCS})
- # pugixml does not set _INCLUDE_DIRS or _LIBRARIES
- if(VTK_USE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML AND NOT pugixml_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-   find_package(pugixml REQUIRED)
--  get_target_property(pugixml_INCLUDE_DIRS pugixml INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
--  get_target_property(pugixml_LIBRARIES pugixml LOCATION)
--  include_directories(${pugixml_INCLUDE_DIRS})
--  vtk_module_link_libraries(vtkIOCityGML LINK_PRIVATE ${pugixml_LIBRARIES})
-+  vtk_module_link_libraries(vtkIOCityGML LINK_PUBLIC pugixml)
- endif()
+diff --git a/CMake/VTKConfig.cmake.in b/CMake/VTKConfig.cmake.in
+index d28e0cc..7ed48bc 100644
+--- a/CMake/VTKConfig.cmake.in
++++ b/CMake/VTKConfig.cmake.in
+@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ if(VTK_HAS_VTKM AND NOT TARGET vtkm_cont)
+                )
+ endif()
+ 
++# Find dependencies
++include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
++find_dependency(pugixml REQUIRED)
+ 
+ #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Load requested modules.
+diff --git a/IO/CityGML/CMakeLists.txt b/IO/CityGML/CMakeLists.txt
+index ce979ba..744c6f1 100644
+--- a/IO/CityGML/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/IO/CityGML/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -4,8 +4,5 @@ vtk_module_library(vtkIOCityGML ${Module_SRCS})
+ # pugixml does not set _INCLUDE_DIRS or _LIBRARIES
+ if(VTK_USE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML AND NOT pugixml_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+   find_package(pugixml REQUIRED)
+-  get_target_property(pugixml_INCLUDE_DIRS pugixml INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+-  get_target_property(pugixml_LIBRARIES pugixml LOCATION)
+-  include_directories(${pugixml_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+-  vtk_module_link_libraries(vtkIOCityGML LINK_PRIVATE ${pugixml_LIBRARIES})
++  vtk_module_link_libraries(vtkIOCityGML LINK_PUBLIC pugixml)
+ endif()
diff --git a/ports/vtk/portfile.cmake b/ports/vtk/portfile.cmake
index 4743c6520..183b4e96b 100644
--- a/ports/vtk/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/vtk/portfile.cmake
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ endif()
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share)
 
+vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/vtk)
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Handle copyright
 file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/Copyright.txt DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
-
-vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/vtk)