diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 2a1bda635c4..68043547cf3 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ protobuf_deps()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools",
-    sha256 = "05c3c3602d25aeda1e9dbc91d3b66e624c1f9fdadf273e5480b489e744ca7269",
-    strip_prefix = "buildtools-6.4.0",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/archive/v6.4.0.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "60a9025072ae237f325d0e7b661e1685f34922c29883888c2d06f5789462b939",
+    strip_prefix = "buildtools-7.1.1",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/archive/v7.1.1.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load("@com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools//buildifier:deps.bzl", "buildifier_dependencies")