diff --git a/cmake/gtest/CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/gtest/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 06348418414de6afabe6cb7dad20477d28d56c8d..fb9ff2f0ab995fb1fc5cb9b83e6e789332627804 100644
--- a/cmake/gtest/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/gtest/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(googletest-download NONE)
 
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
-	URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/master.zip
+	URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/8b6d3f9c4a774bef3081195d422993323b6bb2e0.zip
 	SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
 	BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
 	CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""