diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt.in b/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 1a16b8a..6bbbf0d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project(googletest-download NONE)
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(googletest
         GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-        GIT_TAG           master
+        GIT_TAG           main
         SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
         BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""