diff --git a/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
index 489802d9..144f50b8 100644
--- a/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ if(NOT benchmark_FOUND)
         # User can fetch googlebenchmark
         message(STATUS "Downloading GoogleBenchmark")
         include(FetchContent)
-        set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+
+        # disable tests  
+        set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")        
         # Do not build and run googlebenchmark tests
         FetchContent_Declare(googlebenchmark GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/benchmark.git GIT_TAG v1.6.0)
         FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googlebenchmark)