diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f936f29bde3703..e951c4bb80d395 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 ## IMPORTANT
 # If you change the `docker_image` version, also change the `cache_key` suffix and the version of
 # `com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools` in the `/WORKSPACE` file.
-var_1: &docker_image angular/ngcontainer:0.3.3
-var_2: &cache_key v2-angular-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}-0.3.3
+var_1: &docker_image angular/ngcontainer:0.4.0
+var_2: &cache_key v2-angular-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}-0.4.0
 
 # Define common ENV vars
 var_3: &define_env_vars
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 1157b2e1949d85..d096fba2bb3277 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ workspace(name = "angular")
 #
 # Download Bazel toolchain dependencies as needed by build actions
 #
+http_archive(
+    name = "build_bazel_rules_nodejs",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/archive/0.12.0.zip"],
+    strip_prefix = "rules_nodejs-0.12.0",
+    sha256 = "2977cdbc8ae0eed7d4186385af56a50a3321a549e2136a959998bba89d2edb6e",
+)
 
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_typescript",
@@ -100,7 +106,11 @@ local_repository(
 
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "check_bazel_version", "node_repositories", "yarn_install")
 
-check_bazel_version("0.15.0")
+check_bazel_version("0.16.0", """
+If you are on a Mac and using Homebrew, there is a breaking change to the installation in Bazel 0.16
+See https://blog.bazel.build/2018/08/22/bazel-homebrew.html
+
+""")
 node_repositories(
   package_json = ["//:package.json"],
   preserve_symlinks = True,
diff --git a/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE b/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
index 4d1148c747b56d..b7cf1fa15c805b 100644
--- a/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
+++ b/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ local_repository(
 
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "check_bazel_version", "node_repositories")
 
-check_bazel_version("0.15.0")
+check_bazel_version("0.16.0")
 node_repositories(package_json = ["//:package.json"])
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_rules_dependencies", "go_register_toolchains")
diff --git a/tools/ngcontainer/Dockerfile b/tools/ngcontainer/Dockerfile
index 273d28f485b641..14d9e6a80f29a0 100644
--- a/tools/ngcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/ngcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN JAVA_DEBIAN_VERSION="8u131-b11-1~bpo8+1" \
 ###
 # Bazel install
 # See https://bazel.build/versions/master/docs/install-ubuntu.html#using-bazel-custom-apt-repository-recommended
-RUN BAZEL_VERSION="0.15.0" \
+RUN BAZEL_VERSION="0.16.0" \
  && wget -q -O - https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | apt-key add - \
  && echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable jdk1.8" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bazel.list \
  && apt-get update \
diff --git a/tools/ngcontainer/README.md b/tools/ngcontainer/README.md
index 1fef76f2569383..8ec1f8f11494b6 100644
--- a/tools/ngcontainer/README.md
+++ b/tools/ngcontainer/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This docker container provides everything needed to build and test Angular appli
 - npm 5.5.1
 - yarn 1.3.2
 - Java 8 (for Closure Compiler and Bazel)
-- Bazel build tool v0.15.0 - http://bazel.build
+- Bazel build tool v0.16.0 - http://bazel.build
 - Google Chrome 63.0.3239.84
 - Mozilla Firefox 47.0.1
 - xvfb (virtual framebuffer) for headless testing