diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f35e2bd..1bc020c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,37 +9,15 @@ OPTION(ENABLE_WERROR "Build with -Werror" OFF)
 
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
-# Download and unpack googletest at configure time
-configure_file(CMakeLists.txt.in googletest-download/CMakeLists.txt)
-execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
-  RESULT_VARIABLE result
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-download )
-if(result)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "CMake step for googletest failed: ${result}")
-endif()
-execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build .
-  RESULT_VARIABLE result
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-download )
-if(result)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Build step for googletest failed: ${result}")
-endif()
-
-# Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker
-# settings on Windows
+include(FetchContent)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  googletest
+  # GoogleTest 1.11.0
+  URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/refs/tags/release-1.11.0.zip
+)
+# For Windows: Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings
 set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-
-# Add googletest directly to our build. This defines
-# the gtest and gtest_main targets.
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src
-                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build
-                 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-
-# The gtest/gtest_main targets carry header search path
-# dependencies automatically when using CMake 2.8.11 or
-# later. Otherwise we have to add them here ourselves.
-if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 2.8.11)
-  include_directories("${gtest_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
-endif()
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release CACHE STRING "Build type" FORCE)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt.in b/CMakeLists.txt.in
deleted file mode 100644
index c6247af..0000000
--- a/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.2)
-
-project(googletest-download NONE)
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-ExternalProject_Add(googletest
-  GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-  GIT_TAG           master
-  SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-src"
-  BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build"
-  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-  BUILD_COMMAND     ""
-  INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
-  TEST_COMMAND      ""
-)