diff --git a/cmake/gtest-CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/gtest-CMakeLists.txt.in
index f5e07d30..265a02b1 100644
--- a/cmake/gtest-CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/gtest-CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ project(gtest-download LANGUAGES NONE)
 
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
-  URL https://googletest.googlecode.com/files/gtest-1.7.0.zip
-  URL_HASH SHA1=f85f6d2481e2c6c4a18539e391aa4ea8ab0394af
+  URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.7.0.zip
+  URL_HASH SHA1=f89bc9f55477df2fde082481e2d709bfafdb057b
   SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gtest-src"
   BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gtest-build"
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""