diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
index 680d316c696095d7ae1f97c7690c74727e59eb24..10de32e5976cdd96d45384ac9e518975eaf48497 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ if(OGS_USE_NETCDF)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT APPLE AND OGS_USE_CONAN)
-    # HACK for unresolved external
-    target_link_libraries(DataExplorer vtkGUISupportQt-8.1)
     if(UNIX)
         target_link_libraries(DataExplorer Qt5::X11Extras)
     endif()
@@ -73,14 +71,6 @@ if(OGS_USE_CONAN AND WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(DataExplorer ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-    target_link_libraries(DataExplorer
-        ${QT_XML_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-        ${QT_GUI_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-        ${QT_NETWORK_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-    )
-endif()
-
 if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(DataExplorer ${GEOTIFF_LIBRARIES} )
 endif()
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
index f873f6c550e34b9735fb6fee772a7255e3d104ed..839a590fe0f7552d9683d9c3886a614529c87c63 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ if (OGS_USE_NETCDF)
     target_link_libraries(VtkVis PRIVATE NetCdfDialogLib)
 endif()
 
-if(NOT APPLE AND OGS_USE_CONAN)
-    # HACK for unresolved external
-    target_link_libraries(VtkVis PUBLIC vtkGUISupportQt-8.1)
-endif()
 set_property(TARGET VtkVis PROPERTY FOLDER "DataExplorer")
 
 add_autogen_include(VtkVis)
diff --git a/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
index 91b4dfc6a13b055d0c8f5940b2248b0699f2175e..eaaed88a542e0d7c55ec7e10c2c56e1d73976690 100644
--- a/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ endif()
 GET_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES_GO2OGS GocadIO)
 set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} ${SOURCES_GO2OGS})
 
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES XmlIO/Qt)
     APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES FEFLOW)
 endif()
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
index 1aadd39f884916d58ca63d9dcb5866678b42ddcb..d280d8c55580d43be7c9d3ae8ddb6da8006e8ede 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if (Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if (OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     if (Shapelib_FOUND)
         add_executable(ConvertSHPToGLI ConvertSHPToGLI.cpp)
         set_target_properties(ConvertSHPToGLI PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ install(TARGETS
     Mesh2Raster
     RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_converter)
 
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     if(Shapelib_FOUND)
         install(TARGETS ConvertSHPToGLI
             RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_converter)
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/GeoTools/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/GeoTools/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d0723a436daad2b5436e3268e10099f88c2a5ac..e65cb74e20e3a86c5c20d2cbf6aa875d3cc26e40 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/GeoTools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/GeoTools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(NOT Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(NOT OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt b/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
index ec1c2013b1818a51295150d6498a877e7d369172..52f8a8e03dbe8ee131757bd08e5b88eb48eece96 100644
--- a/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/BaseLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES IO)
 
 APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES IO/XmlIO)
 
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES IO/XmlIO/Qt)
 endif()
 
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@ if(MSVC)
     target_link_libraries(BaseLib PUBLIC WinMM) # needed for timeGetTime
 endif()
 
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     target_link_libraries(BaseLib PUBLIC Qt5::Xml Qt5::XmlPatterns)
-    if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND OPENSSL_FOUND)
-        target_link_libraries(BaseLib PUBLIC Qt5::Network ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ws2_32)
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(OGS_USE_PCH)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 499a9d4658866459d0c2ed8d681f4e18bda8d91a..94b0a791e83bc4c37c08c1df0392ba48a4752040 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ set(OGS_CONAN_BUILD "missing" CACHE STRING "Possible values: all, missing, \
 
 # Third-party libraries, names come from Conan package names
 set(OGS_LIBS
-    VTK Boost Eigen3 Qt Shapelib libgeotiff petsc lis cvode
+    vtk boost eigen qt shapelib libgeotiff petsc lis cvode
     CACHE INTERNAL "")
 foreach(LIB ${OGS_LIBS})
     set(OGS_LIB_${LIB} "Default" CACHE STRING "Which ${LIB} library should be used?")
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ option(OGS_BUILD_CLI "Should the OGS simulator be built?" ON)
 option(OGS_BUILD_GUI "Should the Data Explorer be built?" OFF)
 if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     add_definitions(-DOGS_BUILD_GUI)
-    option(OGS_USE_NETCDF "Add NetCDF support." ON)
+    option(OGS_USE_NETCDF "Add NetCDF support." OFF)
 endif()
 option(OGS_BUILD_UTILS "Should the utilities programms be built?" OFF)
 if(OGS_BUILD_UTILS AND OGS_USE_MPI)
diff --git a/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt b/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
index be49c05a839cbba9346f53d74ccdffd0ea3d431a..7c9fbf1599543793a1ca00db1111bb50db2b1712 100644
--- a/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GeoLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES IO)
 APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES IO/XmlIO/Rapid)
 APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES IO/XmlIO/Boost)
 
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(SOURCES IO/XmlIO/Qt)
 endif()
 
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(GeoLib PUBLIC BaseLib MathLib logog PRIVATE tet)
 
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     target_link_libraries(GeoLib PUBLIC Qt5::Xml Qt5::XmlPatterns)
-    if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND OPENSSL_FOUND)
-        target_link_libraries(GeoLib PUBLIC Qt5::Network ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ws2_32)
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(OGS_USE_PCH)
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e9721b0a9913409b7801e731c81fa0856f4c7a8..64a699d341dde6ca9ba7814c53acac9153d2f21a 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(TEST_SOURCES NumLib)
 APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(TEST_SOURCES ParameterLib)
 APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(TEST_SOURCES ProcessLib)
 
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     APPEND_SOURCE_FILES(TEST_SOURCES FileIO_Qt)
 endif()
 
@@ -71,13 +71,10 @@ if(OGS_INSITU)
     target_link_libraries(testrunner InSituLib)
 endif()
 
-if(Qt5XmlPatterns_FOUND)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     target_link_libraries(testrunner Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Xml Qt5::Network VtkVis QtDataView)
-    if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-        target_link_libraries(testrunner
-            ${QT_XML_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-            ${QT_GUI_DEPS_LIBRARIES}
-            ${QT_NETWORK_DEPS_LIBRARIES})
+    if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
+        target_link_libraries(testrunner ${GEOTIFF_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/ThirdParty/cmake-modules b/ThirdParty/cmake-modules
index 0068e164eb5ab1e16c931e50094846789b49cdc0..5893e3eb3aaec104f86ba81ee90b7e9279b74c3f 160000
--- a/ThirdParty/cmake-modules
+++ b/ThirdParty/cmake-modules
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0068e164eb5ab1e16c931e50094846789b49cdc0
+Subproject commit 5893e3eb3aaec104f86ba81ee90b7e9279b74c3f
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
index 0e1eb1080503c035cfee0e1782a056354b4f7cb3..d22c3660e92bfc8d2c567b49fb4c6061a0a10263 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
@@ -26,25 +26,24 @@ include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/cmake/conan/conan.cmake)
 
 set(CONAN_REQUIRES
     boost/1.66.0@conan/stable
-    Eigen3/3.3.4@bilke/stable
-    VTK/8.1.1@bilke/stable
+    eigen/3.3.4@conan/stable
+    vtk/8.2.0@bilke/testing
     CACHE INTERNAL ""
 )
 
 set(CONAN_OPTIONS
     boost:header_only=True
-    Qt:qtxmlpatterns=True
-    VTK:minimal=True
-    VTK:ioxml=True
+    vtk:minimal=True
+    vtk:ioxml=True
     CACHE INTERNAL ""
 )
 
 if((UNIX AND NOT APPLE) AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set(CONAN_OPTIONS ${CONAN_OPTIONS} VTK:fPIC=True)
+    set(CONAN_OPTIONS ${CONAN_OPTIONS} vtk:fPIC=True)
 endif()
 
 if(OGS_USE_MPI)
-    set(CONAN_OPTIONS ${CONAN_OPTIONS} VTK:mpi_minimal=True)
+    set(CONAN_OPTIONS ${CONAN_OPTIONS} vtk:mpi_minimal=True)
 endif()
 
 if(OGS_USE_PETSC)
@@ -64,17 +63,21 @@ endif()
 
 if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     set(CONAN_REQUIRES ${CONAN_REQUIRES}
-        Shapelib/1.3.0@bilke/stable
+        shapelib/1.3.0@bilke/stable
         libgeotiff/1.4.2@bilke/stable
-        Qt/5.11.2@bilke/stable
-        lzma/5.2.4@bincrafters/stable # 5.2.3 is not built for Xcode 10
+        qt/5.11.3@bincrafters/stable
     )
     set(CONAN_OPTIONS ${CONAN_OPTIONS}
-        VTK:minimal=False
-        VTK:qt=True
+        vtk:minimal=False
+        vtk:qt=True
+        qt:qtxmlpatterns=True
     )
 endif()
 
+if(OGS_USE_NETCDF)
+    set(CONAN_REQUIRES ${CONAN_REQUIRES} netcdf-cxx/4.3.1@bilke/testing)
+endif()
+
 conan_check(VERSION 1.3.0)
 
 message(STATUS "Third-party libraries:")
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake b/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
index 62b62e5b49aa8a3cfe7ddbd85631a4861ee0e678..382f10411b8de0413143a934c7cfe9e557c9c519 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
@@ -54,16 +54,25 @@ if(NOT OGS_USE_CONAN OR NOT CONAN_CMD)
     include_directories(SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif()
 
-find_package(VTK 8.1.0 REQUIRED)
+set(VTK_COMPONENTS vtkIOXML)
+if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
+    set(VTK_COMPONENTS ${VTK_COMPONENTS}
+        vtkIOImage vtkIOLegacy vtkIOExport vtkIOExportPDF
+        vtkIOExportOpenGL2 vtkInteractionStyle vtkInteractionWidgets
+        vtkGUISupportQt vtkRenderingOpenGL2 vtkRenderingContextOpenGL2
+        vtkFiltersTexture vtkRenderingCore
+    )
+endif()
+if(OGS_USE_MPI)
+    set(VTK_COMPONENTS ${VTK_COMPONENTS} vtkIOParallelXML vtkParallelMPI)
+endif()
+find_package(VTK 8.2.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${VTK_COMPONENTS})
 include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
 
 find_package(Eigen3 3.3.4 REQUIRED)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 ## pthread, is a requirement of logog ##
-if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-    set(THREADS_PTHREAD_ARG 0 CACHE STRING "Result from TRY_RUN" FORCE)
-endif()
 set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD ON)
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
@@ -94,15 +103,12 @@ if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     endif()
     find_package(Qt5 5.2 REQUIRED ${QT_MODULES})
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0020 NEW)
-    if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-        find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-        pkg_check_modules(QT_XML_DEPS REQUIRED Xml)
-        list(REMOVE_ITEM QT_XML_DEPS_LIBRARIES Xml Core)
-        pkg_check_modules(QT_GUI_DEPS REQUIRED Gui)
-        list(REMOVE_ITEM QT_GUI_DEPS_LIBRARIES Gui Core)
-        pkg_check_modules(QT_NETWORK_DEPS REQUIRED Network)
-        list(REMOVE_ITEM QT_NETWORK_DEPS_LIBRARIES Network Core)
-    endif()
+endif()
+
+if(OGS_USE_NETCDF)
+    set(NETCDF_ROOT ${CONAN_NETCDF-C_ROOT})
+    set(NETCDF_CXX_ROOT ${CONAN_NETCDF-CXX_ROOT})
+    find_package(NetCDF REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 # lapack
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/packaging/PackagingWin.cmake b/scripts/cmake/packaging/PackagingWin.cmake
index 48ea5fdbeb8b85c4270285c3dff3a3837e91cdad..d6efd12dd2b8ef281e14f2e6a4343a322493aab2 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/packaging/PackagingWin.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/packaging/PackagingWin.cmake
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_UCRT_LIBRARIES ON)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_OPENMP_LIBRARIES ON)
 include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 set(CPACK_GENERATOR ZIP)
-#if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-#    set(CPACK_GENERATOR NSIS ZIP)
-#endif()
 set(CPACK_NSIS_MUI_ICON ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/packaging/ogs-de-icon.ico)
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Documentation/OpenGeoSys-Logo.bmp)
 set(CPACK_NSIS_INSTALLED_ICON_NAME ${CPACK_NSIS_MUI_ICON})
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.clang.full b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.clang.full
index bb717036bd4c4b296771f5e10ba22f6d3d925cba..6268af2eb122d3f454fcc6d3f0e74a50f4dfd07a 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.clang.full
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.clang.full
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && \
         python3-setuptools \
         python3-wheel && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-RUN pip3 install conan==1.16.0
+RUN pip3 install conan==1.17.0
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/conan && \
     chmod 777 /opt/conan
 ENV CONAN_USER_HOME=/opt/conan
 LABEL org.opengeosys.pm=conan \
-    org.opengeosys.pm.conan.version=1.16.0
+    org.opengeosys.pm.conan.version=1.17.0
 LABEL org.opengeosys.pm.conan.user_home=/opt/conan
 
 # Include-what-you-use for clang version 7
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.gcc.full b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.gcc.full
index 265e52383a768bc55037adb45de85205010f27d9..52b786901d6682842f118d48c725b65c7a8fc46b 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.gcc.full
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.gcc.full
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && \
         python3-setuptools \
         python3-wheel && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-RUN pip3 install conan==1.16.0
+RUN pip3 install conan==1.17.0
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/conan && \
     chmod 777 /opt/conan
 ENV CONAN_USER_HOME=/opt/conan
 LABEL org.opengeosys.pm=conan \
-    org.opengeosys.pm.conan.version=1.16.0
+    org.opengeosys.pm.conan.version=1.17.0
 LABEL org.opengeosys.pm.conan.user_home=/opt/conan
 
 # cppcheck version 1.87
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.gcc.gui b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.gcc.gui
index aff24b2d470b351805c820cce0a02a03bb2884b6..dcc34b8ebb82a18731cbb072d49aa8b659b4f86c 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.gcc.gui
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.gcc.gui
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         libgl1-mesa-dev \
+        libglu1-mesa-dev \
         libxt-dev \
         mesa-common-dev && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -73,12 +74,12 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && \
         python3-setuptools \
         python3-wheel && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-RUN pip3 install conan==1.16.0
+RUN pip3 install conan==1.17.0
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/conan && \
     chmod 777 /opt/conan
 ENV CONAN_USER_HOME=/opt/conan
 LABEL org.opengeosys.pm=conan \
-    org.opengeosys.pm.conan.version=1.16.0
+    org.opengeosys.pm.conan.version=1.17.0
 LABEL org.opengeosys.pm.conan.user_home=/opt/conan
 
 # cppcheck version 1.87