diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest/gtest-ciso646.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest/gtest-ciso646.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 814912650b..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest/gtest-ciso646.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/google/googletest/issues/4701
-
-taken from fedora:
-https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gtest/c/b3fe6f803a1e554971f70e1c3f55aa5fcb377b1b?branch=rawhide
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <martin.jansa@gmail.com>
-
---- ./googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h.orig	2025-01-27 03:39:18.963893931 +0000
-+++ ./googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h	2025-01-28 13:57:51.381081952 +0000
-@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@
- 
- // Detect C++ feature test macros as gracefully as possible.
- // MSVC >= 19.15, Clang >= 3.4.1, and GCC >= 4.1.2 support feature test macros.
--#if GTEST_INTERNAL_CPLUSPLUS_LANG >= 202002L && \
--    (!defined(__has_include) || GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_INCLUDE(<version>))
-+#if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_INCLUDE(<version>) || \
-+    (GTEST_INTERNAL_CPLUSPLUS_LANG >= 202002L && !defined(__has_include))
- #include <version>  // C++20 and later
--#elif (!defined(__has_include) || GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_INCLUDE(<ciso646>))
--#include <ciso646>  // Pre-C++20
-+#else
-+#include <cerrno>  // Pre-C++20
- #endif
- 
- #include <ctype.h>   // for isspace, etc
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.16.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.17.0.bb
similarity index 89%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.16.0.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.17.0.bb
index 55d670a428..c8ed80053d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-test/googletest/googletest_1.17.0.bb
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=cbbd27594afd089daa160d3a16dd515a"
 
 PROVIDES += "gmock gtest"
 
-SRCREV = "6910c9d9165801d8827d628cb72eb7ea9dd538c5"
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/google/googletest.git;branch=v1.16.x;protocol=https \
-    file://gtest-ciso646.patch \
-"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/google/googletest.git;branch=v1.17.x;protocol=https \
+          "
+SRCREV = "52eb8108c5bdec04579160ae17225d66034bd723"
 
 inherit cmake pkgconfig