diff --git a/cmake/internal/FetchGoogletest.cmake b/cmake/internal/FetchGoogletest.cmake
index d38b27ea8..c698e6816 100644
--- a/cmake/internal/FetchGoogletest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/internal/FetchGoogletest.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function(fetch_googletest)
     FetchContent_Declare(
         googletest
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-        GIT_TAG        release-1.11.0
+        GIT_TAG        v1.16.0
     )
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
 endfunction()