diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index 955e22b1..5350c6c8 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ protobuf_deps()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_java",
-    sha256 = "baf2e93c8190d05e08231fc4b76084f7d85c5d4dc75aa1d2919a3bc4107662cc",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/9.0.2/rules_java-9.0.2.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "865b3d334bd0f769587737447410d8042d6a95134cc45be5380805fdbacd7152",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/9.0.3/rules_java-9.0.3.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")