diff --git a/cmake/package-lock.cmake b/cmake/package-lock.cmake
index 3ee58a48..f70ac3a2 100644
--- a/cmake/package-lock.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package-lock.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CPMDeclarePackage (benchmark
                    OPTIONS "BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING OFF" "BENCHMARK_ENABLE_WERROR OFF"
                            "CMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL WARNING")
 # googletest
-set (HIBF_GOOGLETEST_VERSION 1.15.2)
+set (HIBF_GOOGLETEST_VERSION 1.16.0)
 CPMDeclarePackage (googletest
                    NAME googletest
                    VERSION ${HIBF_GOOGLETEST_VERSION}