diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_git.bb
index 898f23fafba..35fe1bed009 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_git.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PROVIDES += "gmock gtest"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "703bd9caab50b139428cea1aaff9974ebee5742e"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/google/googletest.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/google/googletest.git;branch=main;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake