diff --git a/test/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt.in b/test/googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt.in
index aff4f6f..03619f1 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           master
+    GIT_TAG           release-1.8.1
     SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
     BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
diff --git a/test/unittests/Connection_test.cpp b/test/unittests/Connection_test.cpp
index 2116b4b..d6ad2f2 100644
--- a/test/unittests/Connection_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unittests/Connection_test.cpp
@@ -145,4 +145,6 @@ TEST_P(AConnectionNameRequest, ThrowsOnFail)
     ASSERT_THROW(conn_.requestName(""), sdbus::Error);
 }
 
-INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(Request, AConnectionNameRequest, ::testing::Values(BusType::eSystem, BusType::eSession));
+// INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P is defined in googletest master, but not in googletest v1.8.1 that we are using now
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Request, AConnectionNameRequest, ::testing::Values(BusType::eSystem, BusType::eSession));
+//INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(Request, AConnectionNameRequest, ::testing::Values(BusType::eSystem, BusType::eSession))