diff --git a/tests/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 65b71f4e..6bd92f5d 100644
--- a/tests/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Google Test
-find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
-include_directories(${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+include(FetchContent)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  googletest
+  URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/03597a01ee50ed33e9dfd640b249b4be3799d395.zip
+)
+# For Windows: Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings
+set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
@@ -20,16 +26,15 @@ message(STATUS "CUDA is available in tests")
 message(STATUS "CUDa toolkit libraries: ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}")
 target_link_libraries(
     test_ipc PRIVATE
-    GTest::GTest
-    GTest::Main
     Python3::Python
+    GTest::gtest_main
     CUDA::cudart
     CUDA::cudart_static
     craftground
 )
 target_compile_options(test_ipc PRIVATE -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1)
 
-
 # Integrate with CTest
-add_test(NAME CppTests COMMAND test_ipc)
+include(GoogleTest)
+gtest_discover_tests(test_ipc)