diff --git a/cmake/FetchGTest.cmake b/cmake/FetchGTest.cmake
index 7ad7e90..f3778ae 100644
--- a/cmake/FetchGTest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FetchGTest.cmake
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 include(FetchContent)
 
 function(fetch_gtest)
-    find_package(GTest QUIET)
+    FetchContent_Declare(
+        googletest
+        URL https://github.com/google/googletest/releases/download/v1.16.0/googletest-1.16.0.tar.gz
+        URL_HASH MD5=9a75eb2ac97300cdb8b65b1a5833f411
+        DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP
+        FALSE
+        FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS
+        NAMES
+        GTest
+    )
 
-    if(NOT GTest_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "GTest not found locally. Downloading from GitHub...")
-
-        FetchContent_Declare(
-            googletest GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git GIT_TAG v1.16.0
-        )
-
-        # Prevent overriding parent project's compiler/linker settings on Windows
-        set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-        FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
-    endif()
+    # Prevent overriding parent project's compiler/linker settings on Windows
+    set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
 endfunction()