diff --git a/cmake/gtest-CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/gtest-CMakeLists.txt.in
index 2d71a55e5..761602d1e 100644
--- a/cmake/gtest-CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/gtest-CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 project(gtest-download LANGUAGES NONE)
 
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
-  URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.11.0.zip
+  URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.12.0.zip
   URL_HASH SHA1=9ffb7b5923f4a8fcdabf2f42c6540cce299f44c0
   SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gtest-src"
   BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gtest-build"