diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 2fb5700..607d978 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module(name = "openfeature_cpp_sdk")
 
-bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.17.0.bcr.2")
+bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.18.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "abseil-cpp", version = "20250814.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.2.22")