diff --git a/src/googletest.mk b/src/googletest.mk
index 84139b1c..a97cbfb2 100644
--- a/src/googletest.mk
+++ b/src/googletest.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ PKG             := googletest
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://github.com/google/googletest
 $(PKG)_DESCR    := Google Test
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.7.0
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := f73a6546fdf9fce9ff93a5015e0333a8af3062a152a9ad6bcb772c96687016cc
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.8.1
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 9bf1fe5182a604b4135edc1a425ae356c9ad15e9b23f9f12a02e80184c3a249c
 $(PKG)_GH_CONF  := google/googletest/tags, release-
 $(PKG)_DEPS     :=
 $(PKG)_TARGETS  := $(BUILD) $(MXE_TARGETS)