diff --git a/deps/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc b/deps/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
index e9d12d92e7cb5a..3bb7dd450812d5 100644
--- a/deps/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
+++ b/deps/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
@@ -697,13 +697,24 @@ bool RE::PartialMatch(const char* str, const RE& re) {
 void RE::Init(const char* regex) {
   pattern_ = regex;
 
+  // NetBSD (and Android, which takes its regex implemntation from NetBSD) does
+  // not include the GNU regex extensions (such as Perl style character classes
+  // like \w) in REG_EXTENDED. REG_EXTENDED is only specified to include the
+  // [[:alpha:]] style character classes. Enable REG_GNU wherever it is defined
+  // so users can use those extensions.
+#if defined(REG_GNU)
+  constexpr int reg_flags = REG_EXTENDED | REG_GNU;
+#else
+  constexpr int reg_flags = REG_EXTENDED;
+#endif
+
   // Reserves enough bytes to hold the regular expression used for a
   // full match.
   const size_t full_regex_len = strlen(regex) + 10;
   char* const full_pattern = new char[full_regex_len];
 
   snprintf(full_pattern, full_regex_len, "^(%s)$", regex);
-  is_valid_ = regcomp(&full_regex_, full_pattern, REG_EXTENDED) == 0;
+  is_valid_ = regcomp(&full_regex_, full_pattern, reg_flags) == 0;
   // We want to call regcomp(&partial_regex_, ...) even if the
   // previous expression returns false.  Otherwise partial_regex_ may
   // not be properly initialized can may cause trouble when it's
@@ -714,7 +725,7 @@ void RE::Init(const char* regex) {
   // regex.  We change it to an equivalent form "()" to be safe.
   if (is_valid_) {
     const char* const partial_regex = (*regex == '\0') ? "()" : regex;
-    is_valid_ = regcomp(&partial_regex_, partial_regex, REG_EXTENDED) == 0;
+    is_valid_ = regcomp(&partial_regex_, partial_regex, reg_flags) == 0;
   }
   EXPECT_TRUE(is_valid_)
       << "Regular expression \"" << regex
diff --git a/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md b/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md
index 8052956ce83afa..4cec1dce2c0a3e 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This a list of all the dependencies:
 * [c-ares 1.20.1][]
 * [cjs-module-lexer][]
 * [corepack][]
-* [googletest e47544a][]
+* [googletest 2dd1c13][]
 * [histogram][]
 * [icu-small][]
 * [llhttp][]
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ In practical terms, Corepack will let you use Yarn and pnpm without having to
 install them - just like what currently happens with npm, which is shipped
 by Node.js by default.
 
-### googletest e47544a
+### googletest 2dd1c13
 
 The [googletest](https://github.com/google/googletest) dependency is Google’s
 C++ testing and mocking framework.
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ performance improvements not currently available in standard zlib.
 [cjs-module-lexer]: #cjs-module-lexer
 [corepack]: #corepack
 [dependency-update-action]: ../../../.github/workflows/tools.yml
-[googletest e47544a]: #googletest-e47544a
+[googletest 2dd1c13]: #googletest-2dd1c13
 [histogram]: #histogram
 [icu-small]: #icu-small
 [llhttp]: #llhttp