diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 7c7ade7e..147811e6 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ deps = {
   # Testing libraries and utilities.
   "src/src/testing":
     "https://github.com/google/googletest.git" +
-      "@release-1.8.0",
+      "@5ec7f0c4a113e2f18ac2c6cc7df51ad6afc24081",
 
   # Protobuf.
   "src/src/third_party/protobuf/protobuf":
diff --git a/default.xml b/default.xml
index d210b7bc..87efb187 100644
--- a/default.xml
+++ b/default.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
   <project path='src/src/testing'
            name='google/googletest.git'
-           revision='refs/tags/release-1.8.0'
+           revision='5ec7f0c4a113e2f18ac2c6cc7df51ad6afc24081'
            remote='github' />
 
   <project path='src/src/third_party/lss'