diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6cee71c71463810957f7ffcdee16b727c1f3e357..a04ec9b3ddfd2ded556c3109fdf025bb09b03d2e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ endif()
 # Add subdirectories with the projects
 add_subdirectory( ThirdParty )
 include_directories( SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ThirdParty )
-include_directories( SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ThirdParty/gtest/include )
+include_directories( SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ThirdParty/googletest/googletest/include )
 include_directories( SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ThirdParty/autocheck/include )
 include_directories( SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ThirdParty/tclap/include )
 include_directories( SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ThirdParty/json/include )
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 6562a66ecb2db36e6691ffaeb7dc960e6c6c7e1c..765ecf36d84e3d6207e9ddd3a3dbe1b3030ca90d 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ set_target_properties(testrunner PROPERTIES FOLDER Testing)
 
 target_link_libraries(testrunner
     ApplicationsFileIO
-    GTest
+    gtest
     MeshGeoToolsLib
     MaterialLib
     MeshLib
diff --git a/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt b/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
index ad6e02fe24ad8208ca370998e6354c3aa2c1c210..de073ad370783aa0a27e3b986683a41f401f3597 100644
--- a/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if(MSVC)
     set_target_properties(logog PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS /W0)
 endif()
 
-add_subdirectory(gtest)
+add_subdirectory(googletest)
 
 # This is a workaround for Travis builds.
 option(OGS_USE_OPTIONAL_SUBMODULES "Option for enabling optional submodules" OFF)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/SubmoduleSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/SubmoduleSetup.cmake
index 280ef5aab8f61b372e9a9277b4117de180bb4637..3942fed09441b63524d9902ca6cda5936b38eff0 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/SubmoduleSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/SubmoduleSetup.cmake
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ endif()
 set(REQUIRED_SUBMODULES
     ThirdParty/autocheck
     ThirdParty/cmake-modules
-    ThirdParty/vtkdiff
+    ThirdParty/googletest
     ThirdParty/tclap
     ThirdParty/tetgen
+    ThirdParty/vtkdiff
     ${OGS_ADDITIONAL_SUBMODULES_TO_CHECKOUT}
 )
 if(OGS_BUILD_UTILS)