diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt.in b/tests/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 50c041d..f380b8f 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(googletest-download NONE)
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
   GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-  GIT_TAG           master
+  GIT_TAG           703bd9caab50b139428cea1aaff9974ebee5742e
   SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
   BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""