diff --git a/sbin/build.sh b/sbin/build.sh
index c8d97a93c..7ce2f967b 100755
--- a/sbin/build.sh
+++ b/sbin/build.sh
@@ -557,10 +557,7 @@ configureCommandParameters() {
     sed -i "s/JAR =/&@FIXPATH@/" "${makefile}"
     cat ${makefile}
     pushd ${BUILD_CONFIG[WORKSPACE_DIR]}/${BUILD_CONFIG[WORKING_DIR]}/${BUILD_CONFIG[OPENJDK_SOURCE_DIR]}
-    git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-    pushd googletest
-    git checkout release-1.8.1
-    popd
+    git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git -b v1.13.0
     addConfigureArg "--with-gtest=" "${BUILD_CONFIG[WORKSPACE_DIR]}/${BUILD_CONFIG[WORKING_DIR]}/${BUILD_CONFIG[OPENJDK_SOURCE_DIR]}/googletest"
     popd
   elif [[ "${BUILD_CONFIG[BUILD_VARIANT]}" == "${BUILD_VARIANT_DRAGONWELL}" ]] && [[ "${BUILD_CONFIG[OPENJDK_CORE_VERSION]}" == "jdk21" ]]; then