diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 6aba5eb..d60a33e 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project(googletest-download NONE)
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
   GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-  GIT_TAG           release-1.8.1
+  GIT_TAG           master
   SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
   BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""