diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index eaf3066f..ca734f84 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ def proxy_wasm_cpp_host_repositories():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_googletest",
-        sha256 = "9dc9157a9a1551ec7a7e43daea9a694a0bb5fb8bec81235d8a1e6ef64c716dcb",
-        strip_prefix = "googletest-release-1.10.0",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.10.0.tar.gz"],
+        sha256 = "ad7fdba11ea011c1d925b3289cf4af2c66a352e18d4c7264392fead75e919363",
+        strip_prefix = "googletest-1.13.0",
+        url = "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v1.13.0.tar.gz",
     )
 
     # NullVM dependencies.
diff --git a/test/exports_test.cc b/test/exports_test.cc
index 026019c0..8aa0ada7 100644
--- a/test/exports_test.cc
+++ b/test/exports_test.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(WasmEngines, TestVm, testing::ValuesIn(getWasmEngines()
                          [](const testing::TestParamInfo<std::string> &info) {
                            return info.param;
                          });
+GTEST_ALLOW_UNINSTANTIATED_PARAMETERIZED_TEST(TestVm); // noop for engine=null
 
 TEST_P(TestVm, Environment) {
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> envs = {{"KEY1", "VALUE1"}, {"KEY2", "VALUE2"}};
diff --git a/test/runtime_test.cc b/test/runtime_test.cc
index 87690851..21d59e43 100644
--- a/test/runtime_test.cc
+++ b/test/runtime_test.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(WasmEngines, TestVm, testing::ValuesIn(getWasmEngines()
                          [](const testing::TestParamInfo<std::string> &info) {
                            return info.param;
                          });
+GTEST_ALLOW_UNINSTANTIATED_PARAMETERIZED_TEST(TestVm); // noop for engine=null
 
 TEST_P(TestVm, BadSignature) {
   auto source = readTestWasmFile("clock.wasm");
diff --git a/test/security_test.cc b/test/security_test.cc
index a077e4ae..9b0820ca 100644
--- a/test/security_test.cc
+++ b/test/security_test.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(WasmEngines, TestVm, testing::ValuesIn(getWasmEngines()
                          [](const testing::TestParamInfo<std::string> &info) {
                            return info.param;
                          });
+GTEST_ALLOW_UNINSTANTIATED_PARAMETERIZED_TEST(TestVm); // noop for engine=null
 
 TEST_P(TestVm, MallocNoHostcalls) {
   if (engine_ != "v8") {
diff --git a/test/wasm_test.cc b/test/wasm_test.cc
index 387348e8..18637f8f 100644
--- a/test/wasm_test.cc
+++ b/test/wasm_test.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(WasmEngines, TestVm, testing::ValuesIn(getWasmEngines()
                          [](const testing::TestParamInfo<std::string> &info) {
                            return info.param;
                          });
+GTEST_ALLOW_UNINSTANTIATED_PARAMETERIZED_TEST(TestVm); // noop for engine=null
 
 // Fail callbacks only used for WasmVMs - not available for NullVM.
 TEST_P(TestVm, GetOrCreateThreadLocalWasmFailCallbacks) {
diff --git a/test/wasm_vm_test.cc b/test/wasm_vm_test.cc
index 6b4ece60..7f0254f2 100644
--- a/test/wasm_vm_test.cc
+++ b/test/wasm_vm_test.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(WasmEngines, TestVm, testing::ValuesIn(getWasmEngines()
                          [](const testing::TestParamInfo<std::string> &info) {
                            return info.param;
                          });
+GTEST_ALLOW_UNINSTANTIATED_PARAMETERIZED_TEST(TestVm); // noop for engine=null
 
 TEST_P(TestVm, Basic) {
   if (engine_ == "wasmedge") {