diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index 16bef205..88dd13b5 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ http_archive(
 # As a test dep of com_google_absl.
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_googletest",
-    sha256 = "78c676fc63881529bf97bf9d45948d905a66833fbfa5318ea2cd7478cb98f399",
-    strip_prefix = "googletest-1.16.0",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v1.16.0.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "65fab701d9829d38cb77c14acdc431d2108bfdbf8979e40eb8ae567edf10b27c",
+    strip_prefix = "googletest-1.17.0",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v1.17.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 http_archive(