diff --git a/cc/CMakeLists.txt.in b/cc/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 30a6ab711..f8695c7df 100644
--- a/cc/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cc/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
   BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""