diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 58083e3b9..fbf3b5d9f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ if (NOT PHASAR_IN_TREE)
     FetchContent_Declare(
         googletest
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
-        GIT_TAG v1.16.0
+        GIT_TAG v1.17.0
     )
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
   endif()
diff --git a/external/json b/external/json
index 9cca280a4..55f93686c 160000
--- a/external/json
+++ b/external/json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9cca280a4d0ccf0c08f47a99aa71d1b0e52f8d03
+Subproject commit 55f93686c01528224f448c19128836e7df245f72