diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 088b38c4bf6..b8eff26073e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ konanVersion=1.4.30
 # A version of Xcode required to build the Kotlin/Native compiler.
 xcodeMajorVersion=12
 
+# A GTest revision used to test the runtime.
+# The latest release GTest (1.10.0) doesn't properly register skipped tests in an XML-report.
+# Therefore we use a fixed commit form the master branch where this problem is already fixed.
+# https://github.com/google/googletest/commit/07f4869221012b16b7f9ee685d94856e1fc9f361
+gtestRevision=07f4869221012b16b7f9ee685d94856e1fc9f361
+
 org.gradle.jvmargs='-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8'
 org.gradle.workers.max=4
 
diff --git a/runtime/build.gradle.kts b/runtime/build.gradle.kts
index 5089cd68182..5385e4f7c35 100644
--- a/runtime/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/runtime/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 googletest {
-    // The latest release GTest (1.10.0) doesn't properly register skipped tests in an XML-report.
-    // Therefore we use a fixed commit form the master branch where this problem is already fixed.
-    // https://github.com/google/googletest/commit/07f4869221012b16b7f9ee685d94856e1fc9f361
-    revision = "07f4869221012b16b7f9ee685d94856e1fc9f361"
+    revision = project.property("gtestRevision") as String
     refresh = project.hasProperty("refresh-gtest")
 }