diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a9ef4578a97cea4f8c8d3ff840c97ffda4f77f05..60848fb2e997eee8a3bcdbb774421f98a62b05a9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
 	url = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
 [submodule "ext/googletest"]
 	path = ext/googletest
-	url = git@github.com:google/googletest.git
+	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git	
 	branch = release-1.12.1
+