diff --git a/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 07d35e3360735434412ac7bbd659e3d8ad8240de..27dab59f4d65d98604baea968db3ab349538932d 100644
--- a/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
   Catch2
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
-  GIT_TAG        v3.0.1 # or a later release
+  GIT_TAG        v3.7.1 # or a later release
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Catch2)