diff --git a/cmake/thirdparty.json b/cmake/thirdparty.json
index 789de5df7b..f2a94080b5 100644
--- a/cmake/thirdparty.json
+++ b/cmake/thirdparty.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/DLR-SC/googletest_mpi.git",
-                "ref": "98bfff426b057400268a00f97677d749a9e25096",
+                "ref": "e6a1445b7833cb183a3dea3bd6e1d5d6e73b763c",
                 "shallow": "TRUE"
             }
         },