diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4dd6dbe3..2af25ea2 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ endif()
 # small helper function
 function(manif_add_gtest target)
   add_executable(${target} ${ARGN})
-  add_dependencies(${target} gtest)
-  target_link_libraries(${target} ${PROJECT_NAME} gtest)
+  target_link_libraries(${target} ${PROJECT_NAME} GTest::gtest)
 
   if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
     # GCC is not strict enough by default, so enable most of the warnings.