diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index 71aed7cb..7b91cd03 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 = "7b42b4d6ed48810c5362c265a17faebe90dc2373c885e5216439d37927f02926",
-    strip_prefix = "googletest-1.15.2",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v1.15.2.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "78c676fc63881529bf97bf9d45948d905a66833fbfa5318ea2cd7478cb98f399",
+    strip_prefix = "googletest-1.16.0",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v1.16.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 http_archive(