update googletest
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 709c55d..5ad5363 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_googletest",
-    sha256 = "9dc9157a9a1551ec7a7e43daea9a694a0bb5fb8bec81235d8a1e6ef64c716dcb",
-    strip_prefix = "googletest-release-1.10.0",
+    sha256 = "81964fe578e9bd7c94dfdb09c8e4d6e6759e19967e397dbea48d1c10e45d0df2",
+    strip_prefix = "googletest-release-1.12.1",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.10.0.tar.gz",
-        "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.10.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/google/googletest/archive/refs/tags/release-1.12.1.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/refs/tags/release-1.12.1.tar.gz",
     ],
 )