diff --git a/test/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt.in b/test/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 03619f1..aff4f6f 100644
--- a/test/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/test/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include(ExternalProject)
 
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
     GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-    GIT_TAG           release-1.8.1
+    GIT_TAG           master
     SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
     BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""