diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 17465af27d..99264a33d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         CC: /usr/bin/gcc-12
         CXX: /usr/bin/g++-12
-        GOOGLETEST_VERSION: 1.12.1
+        GOOGLETEST_VERSION: 1.13.0
         PROTOBUF_VERSION: 21.12
       run: |
         sudo -E ./ci/setup_cmake.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         CC: /usr/bin/gcc-12
         CXX: /usr/bin/g++-12
-        GOOGLETEST_VERSION: 1.12.1
+        GOOGLETEST_VERSION: 1.13.0
         PROTOBUF_VERSION: 21.12
       run: |
         sudo -E ./ci/setup_cmake.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         CC: /usr/bin/clang-14
         CXX: /usr/bin/clang++-14
-        GOOGLETEST_VERSION: 1.12.1
+        GOOGLETEST_VERSION: 1.13.0
         PROTOBUF_VERSION: 21.12
       run: |
         sudo -E ./ci/setup_cmake.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         CC: /usr/bin/clang-14
         CXX: /usr/bin/clang++-14
-        GOOGLETEST_VERSION: 1.12.1
+        GOOGLETEST_VERSION: 1.13.0
         PROTOBUF_VERSION: 21.12
       run: |
         sudo -E ./ci/setup_cmake.sh
diff --git a/bazel/repository.bzl b/bazel/repository.bzl
index 847b8bb9d1..5a4829dc27 100644
--- a/bazel/repository.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository.bzl
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ def opentelemetry_cpp_deps():
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_googletest",
         sha256 = "81964fe578e9bd7c94dfdb09c8e4d6e6759e19967e397dbea48d1c10e45d0df2",
-        strip_prefix = "googletest-release-1.12.1",
+        strip_prefix = "googletest-release-1.13.0",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.12.1.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v1.13.0.tar.gz",
         ],
     )
 
diff --git a/ci/setup_cmake.sh b/ci/setup_cmake.sh
index cdce76b38d..9c45217c9b 100755
--- a/ci/setup_cmake.sh
+++ b/ci/setup_cmake.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if [ "x$CMAKE_VERSION" = "x" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "x$GOOGLETEST_VERSION" = "x" ]; then
-  export GOOGLETEST_VERSION=1.12.1
+  export GOOGLETEST_VERSION=1.13.0
 fi
 
 cmake_install() {
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ googletest_install() {
     # https://gist.github.com/dlime/313f74fd23e4267c4a915086b84c7d3d
     tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
     pushd $tmp_dir
-    wget https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}.tar.gz
-    tar -xf release-${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}.tar.gz
-    cd googletest-release-${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}/
+    wget https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    tar -xf v${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    cd googletest-${GOOGLETEST_VERSION}/
     mkdir build && cd build
     cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DINSTALL_GTEST=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr
     make -j $(nproc)
diff --git a/third_party/googletest b/third_party/googletest
index 58d77fa807..b796f7d446 160000
--- a/third_party/googletest
+++ b/third_party/googletest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 58d77fa8070e8cec2dc1ed015d66b454c8d78850
+Subproject commit b796f7d44681514f58a683a3a71ff17c94edb0c1
diff --git a/third_party_release b/third_party_release
index 7290896c2d..319000a22c 100644
--- a/third_party_release
+++ b/third_party_release
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ gRPC=v1.49.2
 thrift=0.14.1
 abseil=20220623.1
 benchmark=v1.5.3
-googletest=release-1.12.1
+googletest=release-1.13.0
 ms-gsl=v3.1.0-67-g6f45293
 nlohmann-json=v3.10.5
 opentelemetry-proto=v0.19.0