diff --git a/cmake/configs/default.cmake b/cmake/configs/default.cmake
index d47347aa59..f1068c50aa 100644
--- a/cmake/configs/default.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configs/default.cmake
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ hunter_default_version(OpenNMTTokenizer VERSION 1.11.0-p1)
 hunter_default_version(OpenSSL VERSION 1.1.1j)
 hunter_default_version(OpenSceneGraph VERSION 3.6.3-p0)
 hunter_default_version(Opus VERSION 1.3.1)
-hunter_default_version(PNG VERSION 1.6.26-p6)
+hunter_default_version(PNG VERSION 1.6.36-t0)
 hunter_default_version(PROJ4 VERSION 5.0.0)
 hunter_default_version(PhysUnits VERSION 1.1.0-p0)
 hunter_default_version(PocoCpp VERSION 1.10.1-p0)
diff --git a/cmake/projects/PNG/hunter.cmake b/cmake/projects/PNG/hunter.cmake
index fe245065c2..68c32fca2a 100644
--- a/cmake/projects/PNG/hunter.cmake
+++ b/cmake/projects/PNG/hunter.cmake
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ hunter_add_version(
     dee61a3f48ed2d436a4e7fb8cdaf3cabaa3e604e
 )
 
+hunter_add_version(
+        PACKAGE_NAME
+        PNG
+        VERSION
+        "1.6.36-t0"
+        URL
+        "https://github.com/DEEP-IMPACT-AG/libpng/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.36-t0.tar.gz"
+        SHA1
+        07cd1428cd8c17d6672d2540b0ece029e67ccc0b
+)
+
 hunter_cmake_args(PNG CMAKE_ARGS PNG_TESTS=OFF)
 
 hunter_pick_scheme(DEFAULT url_sha1_cmake)