diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a8722567..4f56051f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -538,8 +538,7 @@ endif()
 ########################################################################
 
 if(NOT(GTEST_FOUND) AND DOWNLOAD_GTEST)
-  # Change to the 1.9.0 release tag once that works.
-  set(DDNET_GTEST_VERSION 7b6561c56e353100aca8458d7bc49c4e0119bae8)
+  set(DDNET_GTEST_VERSION release-1.10.0) # 703bd9caab50b139428cea1aaff9974ebee5742e
   configure_file(cmake/Download_GTest_CMakeLists.txt.in googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt)
   execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
     RESULT_VARIABLE result