diff --git a/googletest/README.md b/googletest/README.md
index 75b3d526..3a82b1df 100644
--- a/googletest/README.md
+++ b/googletest/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ When building GoogleTest as a standalone project, the typical workflow starts
 with
 
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git -b release-1.12.0
+git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git -b release-1.12.1
 cd googletest        # Main directory of the cloned repository.
 mkdir build          # Create a directory to hold the build output.
 cd build