diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4fa1aa2f6b45..eb15754021fb 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_cc",
     strip_prefix = "rules_cc-master",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/archive/master.zip"],
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/archive/main.zip"],
 )
 
 # Google Test framework, used by most unit-tests.