diff --git a/devel/benchmark/Makefile b/devel/benchmark/Makefile
index ca11823a7bdf..1f79b61dbcec 100644
--- a/devel/benchmark/Makefile
+++ b/devel/benchmark/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	benchmark
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.9.4
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Microbenchmark support library
 WWW=		https://github.com/google/benchmark
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang pathfix
+TEST_DEPENDS=	googletest>=0:devel/googletest
+
+USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang pathfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	google
-GH_TUPLE=	google:googletest:release-1.12.1:googletest # requires googletest sources for some reason, see https://github.com/google/benchmark/issues/979
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
-CMAKE_OFF=	BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING
+CMAKE_OFF=	BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING BENCHMARK_USE_BUNDLED_GTEST
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING # BENCHMARK_DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCIES
-CMAKE_TESTING_ARGS=	-DGOOGLETEST_PATH=${WRKSRC_googletest}
 
 CFLAGS+=	-Wno-error=sign-conversion
 CXXFLAGS+=	${CXXFLAGS_${CHOSEN_COMPILER_TYPE}}
 CXXFLAGS_gcc=	-Wno-stringop-truncation
 PIE_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${DISTVERSION}
 
 # tests as of 1.9.4: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 82
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/benchmark/distinfo b/devel/benchmark/distinfo
index c609260d922e..15e1a58124f4 100644
--- a/devel/benchmark/distinfo
+++ b/devel/benchmark/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 TIMESTAMP = 1762590756
 SHA256 (google-benchmark-v1.9.4_GH0.tar.gz) = b334658edd35efcf06a99d9be21e4e93e092bd5f95074c1673d5c8705d95c104
 SIZE (google-benchmark-v1.9.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 262499
-SHA256 (google-googletest-release-1.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 81964fe578e9bd7c94dfdb09c8e4d6e6759e19967e397dbea48d1c10e45d0df2
-SIZE (google-googletest-release-1.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 854944