diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e146e2587..e27cbd695 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.321.1",
-        "@kitware/vtk.js": "^28.4.0",
+        "@kitware/vtk.js": "^28.6.0",
         "@netlify/edge-functions": "^2.0.0",
         "@sentry/vue": "^7.54.0",
         "@vueuse/core": "^8.5.0",
@@ -3422,9 +3422,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@kitware/vtk.js": {
-      "version": "28.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@kitware/vtk.js/-/vtk.js-28.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PVOkQJZXfbJ+N+WN9aQ1j2/KwUdBJNJT75RCgVbzmEOduQFCf9m9wVR4F9kFhhDwtE/+8EPIpD5qibzi1vlrXw==",
+      "version": "28.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@kitware/vtk.js/-/vtk.js-28.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-a7uh/34svNbNGvizAvjeJxvzTEBZ2nIVL85AcE3mEqFop/d7ix2m/lbNAJtB6zKp7H6EQAU5RoMmTElg2rD1NA==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/runtime": "7.17.9",
         "commander": "9.2.0",
@@ -16934,9 +16934,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@kitware/vtk.js": {
-      "version": "28.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@kitware/vtk.js/-/vtk.js-28.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PVOkQJZXfbJ+N+WN9aQ1j2/KwUdBJNJT75RCgVbzmEOduQFCf9m9wVR4F9kFhhDwtE/+8EPIpD5qibzi1vlrXw==",
+      "version": "28.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@kitware/vtk.js/-/vtk.js-28.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-a7uh/34svNbNGvizAvjeJxvzTEBZ2nIVL85AcE3mEqFop/d7ix2m/lbNAJtB6zKp7H6EQAU5RoMmTElg2rD1NA==",
       "requires": {
         "@babel/runtime": "7.17.9",
         "commander": "9.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3bcf69023..9ffe6cb27 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.321.1",
-    "@kitware/vtk.js": "^28.4.0",
+    "@kitware/vtk.js": "^28.6.0",
     "@netlify/edge-functions": "^2.0.0",
     "@sentry/vue": "^7.54.0",
     "@vueuse/core": "^8.5.0",
diff --git a/src/components/LayoutGrid.vue b/src/components/LayoutGrid.vue
index a0eed1702..073711b93 100644
--- a/src/components/LayoutGrid.vue
+++ b/src/components/LayoutGrid.vue
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
     // Construct the common instance of vtkResliceCursorWidget and provide it
     // to all the child ObliqueView components.
-    const resliceCursor = ref<vtkResliceCursorWidget>(vtkResliceCursorWidget.newInstance());
+    const resliceCursor = ref<vtkResliceCursorWidget>(vtkResliceCursorWidget.newInstance({
+      scaleInPixels: true,
+      rotationHandlePosition: 0.75,
+    }));
     provide(VTKResliceCursor, resliceCursor);
     // Orient the planes of the vtkResliceCursorWidget to the orientation
     // of the currently set image.
diff --git a/src/components/tools/ResliceCursorTool.vue b/src/components/tools/ResliceCursorTool.vue
index 5a22e64a9..51056912a 100644
--- a/src/components/tools/ResliceCursorTool.vue
+++ b/src/components/tools/ResliceCursorTool.vue
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ export default defineComponent({
     }
 
     const state = resliceCursor.getWidgetState() as ResliceCursorWidgetState;
-    state.getStatesWithLabel('sphere').forEach((handle) => (handle as ResliceCursorWidgetState).setScale1(20));
-
     const widget = ref<vtkResliceCursorViewWidget>();
 
     const VTKViewType = computed(() => {
@@ -79,8 +77,15 @@ export default defineComponent({
           VTKViewType.value
         ) as vtkResliceCursorViewWidget;
 
-        widget.value.setScaleInPixels(true);
         widget.value.setKeepOrthogonality(true);
+        // reset mouse cursor styles
+        widget.value.setCursorStyles({
+          translateCenter: 'default',
+          rotateLine: 'default',
+          translateAxis: 'default',
+        });
+        state.getStatesWithLabel('sphere').forEach((handle) => (handle as ResliceCursorWidgetState).setScale1(10));
+        state.getStatesWithLabel('line').forEach((handle) => (handle as ResliceCursorWidgetState).setScale3(2, 2, 2));
 
         // update representation to not be as 3D
         widget.value.getRepresentations().forEach((rep) => {
diff --git a/src/shims-vtk.d.ts b/src/shims-vtk.d.ts
index 61d6c041d..3ce658183 100644
--- a/src/shims-vtk.d.ts
+++ b/src/shims-vtk.d.ts
@@ -246,11 +246,17 @@ declare module '@kitware/vtk.js/Widgets/Widgets3D/ResliceCursorWidget' {
     setImage(image: vtkImageData): void;
     setKeepOrthogonality(keepOrthogonality: boolean): void;
     setScaleInPixels(scaleInPixels: boolean): void;
+    setCursorStyles(styles: {
+      translateCenter: string,
+      rotateLine: string,
+      translateAxis: string,
+    }): boolean;
   }
 
   export interface ResliceCursorWidgetState extends vtkWidgetState {
     placeWidget(bounds: Bounds): void;
-    setScale1(scale: number): void;
+    setScale1(scale: number): boolean;
+    setScale3(scaleX: number, scaleY: number, scaleZ: number): boolean;
     getPlanes(): Record<number, { normal: Vector3, viewUp: Vector3, color3: Vector3 }>;
     setPlanes(planes: Record<number, { normal: Vector3, viewUp: Vector3, color3: Vector3 }>): void;
     getCenter(): Vector3;