diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ecaa936d3ae..6913eb06657 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ http_archive(
 # Define before rules_proto, otherwise we receive the version of com_google_protobuf from there
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = "d19643d265b978383352b3143f04c0641eea75a75235c111cc01a1350173180e",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-25.3",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v25.3.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "4fc5ff1b2c339fb86cd3a25f0b5311478ab081e65ad258c6789359cd84d421f8",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-26.1",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v26.1.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 http_archive(