diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 48f5d167b5..b946541ae8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "f74c98d6df55217a36859c74b460e774abc0410a47cc100d822be34d5f990f16",
+    sha256 = "0936c9bc3c4321ee372cb8f66dd972d368cb940ed01a9ba9fd7debcf0093f09b",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.47.1/rules_go-v0.47.1.zip",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.47.1/rules_go-v0.47.1.zip",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.51.0/rules_go-v0.51.0.zip",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.51.0/rules_go-v0.51.0.zip",
     ],
 )