diff --git a/third_party/googletest b/third_party/googletest
index c80449247c0e3032401297edf19a1be8078900cc..c99458533a9b4c743ed51537e25989ea55944908 160000
--- a/third_party/googletest
+++ b/third_party/googletest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c80449247c0e3032401297edf19a1be8078900cc
+Subproject commit c99458533a9b4c743ed51537e25989ea55944908
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_sanity.sh b/tools/run_tests/run_sanity.sh
index 8cd011b5335cbb6f64b9c4d8c9c39c94b366002a..ac331b54d32e62bf4ac2aec22845c2187f107a61 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_sanity.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_sanity.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ git submodule > $submodules
 
 diff -u $submodules - << EOF
  05b155ff59114735ec8cd089f669c4c3d8f59029 third_party/gflags (v2.1.0-45-g05b155f)
- c80449247c0e3032401297edf19a1be8078900cc third_party/googletest (heads/master)
+ c99458533a9b4c743ed51537e25989ea55944908 third_party/googletest (release-1.7.0)
  33dd08320648ac71d7d9d732be774ed3818dccc5 third_party/openssl (OpenSSL_1_0_2d)
  3e2c8a5dd79481e1d36572cdf65be93514ba6581 third_party/protobuf (v3.0.0-alpha-1-1048-g3e2c8a5)
  50893291621658f355bc5b4d450a8d06a563053d third_party/zlib (v1.2.8)