diff --git a/src/apps/lc-compliance/meson.build b/src/apps/lc-compliance/meson.build
index 80b9a1602..cb2506b65 100644
--- a/src/apps/lc-compliance/meson.build
+++ b/src/apps/lc-compliance/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 libgtest = dependency('gtest', version : '>=1.10.0',
                       required : get_option('lc-compliance'),
-                      fallback : ['gtest', 'gtest_dep'])
+                      fallback : ['gtest', 'gtest_dep'],
+                      default_options : [
+                        'default_library=static',
+                      ])
 
 if opt_lc_compliance.disabled() or not libevent.found() or not libgtest.found()
     lc_compliance_enabled = false
diff --git a/subprojects/.gitignore b/subprojects/.gitignore
index b08d69907..3e9a39182 100644
--- a/subprojects/.gitignore
+++ b/subprojects/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
-/googletest-release*
+/googletest-*
 /libpisp
 /libyaml
 /libyuv
diff --git a/subprojects/gtest.wrap b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
index 8892e1842..3a9771450 100644
--- a/subprojects/gtest.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
 [wrap-file]
-directory = googletest-release-1.11.0
-source_url = https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.11.0.zip
-source_filename = gtest-1.11.0.zip
-source_hash = 353571c2440176ded91c2de6d6cd88ddd41401d14692ec1f99e35d013feda55a
-patch_filename = gtest_1.11.0-1_patch.zip
-patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/gtest_1.11.0-1/get_patch
-patch_hash = d38c39184384608b08419be52aed1d0f9d9d1b5ed71c0c35e51cccbdddab7084
+directory = googletest-1.17.0
+source_url = https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/refs/tags/v1.17.0.tar.gz
+source_filename = googletest-1.17.0.tar.gz
+source_hash = 65fab701d9829d38cb77c14acdc431d2108bfdbf8979e40eb8ae567edf10b27c
+patch_filename = gtest_1.17.0-3_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/gtest_1.17.0-3/get_patch
+patch_hash = 3e2799683f27c6dce138b7bae823416581c467ddde755c9a516c0863225f0ceb
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/gtest_1.17.0-3/googletest-1.17.0.tar.gz
+wrapdb_version = 1.17.0-3
 
 [provide]
 gtest = gtest_dep