diff --git a/third_party/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 25f340ce122..75887a82633 100644
--- a/third_party/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
     googletest
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-    GIT_TAG        6a7ed316a5cdc07b6d26362c90770787513822d4
+    GIT_TAG        master
 )
 # need to set the variables in CACHE due to CMP0077
 set(gtest_disable_pthreads ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ set_target_properties(gtest gtest_main PROPERTIES
     LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${GINKGO_LIBRARY_PATH}")
 # by default, the outdated targets are not being exported
 add_library(GTest::Main ALIAS gtest_main)
-add_library(GTest::GTest ALIAS gtest)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_library(GTest::GTest ALIAS gtest)