diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 0802de7a1..e9ea6ca74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -31,42 +31,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install -y \
-            build-essential \
+          DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends \
+            g++ \
             cmake \
             gcovr \
             libgflags-dev \
+            libgmock-dev \
+            libgtest-dev \
             libunwind-dev \
             ninja-build
 
-      - name: Cache GTest
-        id: cache-gtest
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: gtest/
-          key: ${{runner.os}}-gtest-1.11
-
-      - name: Download GTest
-        if: steps.cache-gtest.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          wget https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/refs/tags/release-1.11.0.tar.gz
-          tar xvf release-1.11.0.tar.gz
-
-      - name: Build GTest
-        if: steps.cache-gtest.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          cmake -S googletest-release-1.11.0 -B build-googletest \
-            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${{matrix.shared}} \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{matrix.build_type}} \
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${{github.workspace}}/gtest \
-            -G Ninja
-          cmake --build build-googletest --target install
-
       - name: Setup Environment
         if: matrix.build_type == 'Debug'
         run: |
           echo 'CXXFLAGS=--coverage' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo 'GTest_ROOT=${{github.workspace}}/gtest' >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Configure
         env:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 847530698..04ff2aefb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ set (CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON)
 
 set (CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX d)
 
-find_package (GTest NO_MODULE)
+find_package (GTest 1.11 COMPONENTS GTest OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS GMock NO_MODULE)
 
 if (GTest_FOUND)
   set (HAVE_LIB_GTEST 1)