diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c817150f15b..522f627369b 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ cc_library(
 ## Bazel Python rules.
 git_repository(
     name = "rules_python",
-    tag = "0.8.0",
+    tag = "0.8.1",
     remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python.git",
 )