diff --git a/Dependencies.txt b/Dependencies.txt
index eedaf2128e..466ed9067e 100644
--- a/Dependencies.txt
+++ b/Dependencies.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ pybind11=v2.13.6
 pybind11_abseil=v202402.0
 pybind11_protobuf=84653a591aea5df482dc2bde42c19efafbd53a57
 # Testing
-googletest=v1.15.2
+googletest=v1.16.0
 benchmark=v1.9.1
diff --git a/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
index 73dd144ba2..1e3d5f3621 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -461,10 +461,10 @@ if(BUILD_googletest)
   FetchContent_Declare(
     googletest
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-    GIT_TAG v1.15.2
+    GIT_TAG v1.16.0
     GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
     PATCH_COMMAND git apply --ignore-whitespace
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../patches/googletest-v1.15.2.patch"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../patches/googletest-v1.16.0.patch"
     #PATCH_COMMAND git apply --ignore-whitespace ""
   )
   set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
diff --git a/patches/googletest-v1.15.2.patch b/patches/googletest-v1.16.0.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/googletest-v1.15.2.patch
rename to patches/googletest-v1.16.0.patch