diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 68dba6a..69e4cc2 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ boost_http_archives()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_googletest",
-    sha256 = "41c14a5a4887125fe329235f00c5f92660f245b91bb8dde7c59f9a2540fdec28",
-    strip_prefix = "googletest-40412d85124f7c6f3d88454583c4633e5e10fc8c",
-    url = "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/40412d85124f7c6f3d88454583c4633e5e10fc8c.zip",
+    sha256 = "90eaba6f5dbb7d96ca30cdfe9ea90aa95d39460bb294abb3121223dd06f5768c",
+    strip_prefix = "googletest-167a2255aef1420735dbe7eeabd4691709f8114a",
+    url = "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/167a2255aef1420735dbe7eeabd4691709f8114a.zip",
 )
 
 http_archive(