diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bd4e9f6d98..47b40b9ee9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 [submodule "gtest"]
 	path = gtest
 	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-	branch = v1.8.x
 [submodule "cpptoml"]
 	path = cpptoml
 	url = https://github.com/cryptocode/cpptoml.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c86e995b2..16b89f1a36 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ if(NANO_TEST OR RAIBLOCKS_TEST)
 
   add_subdirectory(nano/load_test)
 
+  # FIXME: This fixes googletest GOOGLETEST_VERSION requirement
+  set(GOOGLETEST_VERSION 1.11.0)
   add_subdirectory(gtest/googletest)
   # FIXME: This fixes gtest include directories without modifying gtest's
   # CMakeLists.txt. Ideally we should use GTest::GTest and GTest::Main as
diff --git a/gtest b/gtest
index 703bd9caab..e2239ee604 160000
--- a/gtest
+++ b/gtest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 703bd9caab50b139428cea1aaff9974ebee5742e
+Subproject commit e2239ee6043f73722e7aa812a459f54a28552929