diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.8.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_git.bb
similarity index 91%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.8.1.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_git.bb
index 362d69ff99..e1df9b6e28 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_git.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://googlemock/LICENSE;md5=cbbd27594afd089daa160d3a16dd51
 PROVIDES += "gmock gtest"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-SRCREV = "2fe3bd994b3189899d93f1d5a881e725e046fdc2"
+SRCREV = "703bd9caab50b139428cea1aaff9974ebee5742e"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/google/googletest.git"
 
 inherit cmake