diff --git a/cmake/google_test.cmake b/cmake/google_test.cmake
index 37c9b5e..33acaa3 100644
--- a/cmake/google_test.cmake
+++ b/cmake/google_test.cmake
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ project(googletest-download NONE)
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
         GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-        GIT_TAG           master
+        GIT_TAG           release-1.8.0
         SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
         BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
         BUILD_COMMAND     ""
         INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
         TEST_COMMAND      ""
-        )
\ No newline at end of file
+        )