diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a5fad44ce..b5ab647e2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ endif()
 ########################################################################
 
 if(NOT(GTEST_FOUND) AND DOWNLOAD_GTEST)
-  set(DDNET_GTEST_VERSION release-1.10.0) # 703bd9caab50b139428cea1aaff9974ebee5742e
+  set(DDNET_GTEST_VERSION 5c8ca58edfb304b2dd5e6061f83387470826dd87) # master as of 2021-04-07
   configure_file(cmake/Download_GTest_CMakeLists.txt.in googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt)
   execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
     RESULT_VARIABLE result