diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/VTK.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/VTK.cmake
index 8c4445167a..a0de1e0ff4 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/VTK.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/VTK.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 find_package(VTK REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
-include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
 target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLAMMPS_VTK)
-target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
+if (VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9.0)
+  include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
+  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE VTK::CommonCore VTK::IOCore VTK::CommonDataModel VTK::IOXML VTK::IOLegacy VTK::IOParallelXML)
+  vtk_module_autoinit(TARGETS lammps MODULES VTK::CommonCore VTK::IOCore VTK::CommonDataModel VTK::IOXML VTK::IOLegacy VTK::IOParallelXML)
+endif()