diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix
index c840950140c3d..491cfe1f4b196 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-Zlb6UCP4aFZOJJNhFQBBrwzst+f37gs1zaCBMTOUgZE=";
   };
 
+  # slight reformatting from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nilason/macports-ports/7de732656c10e31530622f405f916ba34d7677b3/science/gdcm/files/patch-vtk-930.diff:
+  patches = [ ./vtk-9.3.0.patch ];
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DGDCM_BUILD_APPLICATIONS=ON"
     "-DGDCM_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/vtk-9.3.0.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/vtk-9.3.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..59f1b12d97eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/vtk-9.3.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@
+         HEADERS_DESTINATION   "${GDCM_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR}/vtk${vtk_version_suffix}"
+         CMAKE_DESTINATION     "${GDCM_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}"
+         LICENSE_DESTINATION   "${GDCM_INSTALL_DATA_DIR}/vtkgdcm-${GDCM_SHORT_VERSION}"
++        SPDX_DESTINATION      "${GDCM_INSTALL_DATA_DIR}/vtkgdcm-${GDCM_SHORT_VERSION}"
+         HIERARCHY_DESTINATION "${GDCM_INSTALL_LIB_DIR}/vtk${vtk_version_suffix}/hierarchy/vtkgdcm"
+         LIBRARY_NAME_SUFFIX   "${vtkgdcm_library_suffix}"
+         VERSION               "${GDCM_VERSION}"
+
+
+--- a/Utilities/VTK/vtkImageColorViewer.h
++++ b/Utilities/VTK/vtkImageColorViewer.h
+@@ -199,22 +199,6 @@
+   virtual int GetOffScreenRendering();
+   vtkBooleanMacro(OffScreenRendering,int);
+ 
+-  // Description:
+-  // @deprecated Replaced by vtkImageColorViewer::GetSliceMin() as of VTK 5.0.
+-  VTK_LEGACY(int GetWholeZMin());
+-
+-  // Description:
+-  // @deprecated Replaced by vtkImageColorViewer::GetSliceMax() as of VTK 5.0.
+-  VTK_LEGACY(int GetWholeZMax());
+-
+-  // Description:
+-  // @deprecated Replaced by vtkImageColorViewer::GetSlice() as of VTK 5.0.
+-  VTK_LEGACY(int GetZSlice());
+-
+-  // Description:
+-  // @deprecated Replaced by vtkImageColorViewer::SetSlice() as of VTK 5.0.
+-  VTK_LEGACY(void SetZSlice(int));
+-
+ protected:
+   vtkImageColorViewer();
+   ~vtkImageColorViewer();
+
+
+
+--- a/Utilities/VTK/vtkImageColorViewer.cxx
++++ b/Utilities/VTK/vtkImageColorViewer.cxx
+@@ -919,34 +919,6 @@
+ }
+ 
+ //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-#ifndef VTK_LEGACY_REMOVE
+-int vtkImageColorViewer::GetWholeZMin()
+-{
+-  VTK_LEGACY_REPLACED_BODY(vtkImageColorViewer::GetWholeZMin, "VTK 5.0",
+-                           vtkImageColorViewer::GetSliceMin);
+-  return this->GetSliceMin();
+-}
+-int vtkImageColorViewer::GetWholeZMax()
+-{
+-  VTK_LEGACY_REPLACED_BODY(vtkImageColorViewer::GetWholeZMax, "VTK 5.0",
+-                           vtkImageColorViewer::GetSliceMax);
+-  return this->GetSliceMax();
+-}
+-int vtkImageColorViewer::GetZSlice()
+-{
+-  VTK_LEGACY_REPLACED_BODY(vtkImageColorViewer::GetZSlice, "VTK 5.0",
+-                           vtkImageColorViewer::GetSlice);
+-  return this->GetSlice();
+-}
+-void vtkImageColorViewer::SetZSlice(int s)
+-{
+-  VTK_LEGACY_REPLACED_BODY(vtkImageColorViewer::SetZSlice, "VTK 5.0",
+-                           vtkImageColorViewer::SetSlice);
+-  this->SetSlice(s);
+-}
+-#endif
+-
+-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ void vtkImageColorViewer::PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent)
+ {
+   this->Superclass::PrintSelf(os, indent);
+
+
+
+--- a/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMTesting.cxx
++++ b/Utilities/VTK/vtkGDCMTesting.cxx
+@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
+ #include "vtkGDCMTesting.h"
+ 
+ #include "vtkObjectFactory.h"
+-#include "vtkToolkits.h"
+ #include "gdcmTesting.h"
+ #include "gdcmFilename.h"
+ 
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/9.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/9.x.nix
index 3734c20f0e055..bfad6a219dc27 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/9.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/9.x.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import ./generic.nix {
-  majorVersion = "9.2";
-  minorVersion = "6";
-  sourceSha256 = "sha256-BvyNScTlb0mMQPyzilY+2NTsMTWNAQHomI8LtNU53RI=";
+  majorVersion = "9.3";
+  minorVersion = "1";
+  sourceSha256 = "sha256-g1TsCE6g0tw9I9vkJDgjxL/CcDgtDOjWWJOf1QBhyrg=";
 }