diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 211c0db..520f7bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ for unit testing.
 Following [this advice](https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/README.md#incorporating-into-an-existing-cmake-project)
 in the Google Test FAQ, download the source and unzip:
 
-    wget https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.11.0.tar.gz
-    tar xzf release-1.11.0.tar.gz
-    ln -s googletest-release-1.11.0 googletest
+    wget https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.12.1.tar.gz
+    tar xzf release-1.12.1.tar.gz
+    ln -s googletest-release-1.12.1 googletest
 
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