diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 48f5d167b5..fc630254c8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "f74c98d6df55217a36859c74b460e774abc0410a47cc100d822be34d5f990f16",
+    sha256 = "d93ef02f1e72c82d8bb3d5169519b36167b33cf68c252525e3b9d3d5dd143de7",
     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/v0.49.0/rules_go-v0.49.0.zip",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.49.0/rules_go-v0.49.0.zip",
     ],
 )