diff --git a/build/release-tars/BUILD b/build/release-tars/BUILD
index 4b84a6246f7..39f588e9518 100644
--- a/build/release-tars/BUILD
+++ b/build/release-tars/BUILD
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ grep ^STABLE_BUILD_GIT_COMMIT bazel-out/stable-status.txt | cut -d' ' -f2 >>$@
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "kubernetes-src",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     extension = "tar.gz",
     files = select({
         ":package_src": ["//:all-srcs"],
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ filegroup(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "_client-bin",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     files = ["//build:client-targets"],
     mode = "0755",
     package_dir = "client/bin",
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "kubernetes-client-%s" % PLATFORM_ARCH_STRING,
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     extension = "tar.gz",
     package_dir = "kubernetes",
     deps = [
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "_node-bin",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     files = [
         "//build:client-targets",
         "//build:node-targets",
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "kubernetes-node-%s" % PLATFORM_ARCH_STRING,
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     extension = "tar.gz",
     files = [":license-targets"],
     mode = "0644",
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "_server-bin",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     files = [
         "//build:client-targets",
         "//build:docker-artifacts",
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@ genrule(
 # Some of the startup scripts fail if there isn't an addons/ directory in the server tarball.
 pkg_tar(
     name = "_server-addons",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     files = [
         ":.dummy",
     ],
@@ -134,6 +141,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "kubernetes-server-%s" % PLATFORM_ARCH_STRING,
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     extension = "tar.gz",
     files = [":license-targets"],
     mode = "0644",
@@ -146,6 +154,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "_test-bin",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     files = ["//build:test-targets"],
     mode = "0755",
     package_dir = "platforms/" + PLATFORM_ARCH_STRING.replace("-", "/"),
@@ -155,6 +164,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "kubernetes-test",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     extension = "tar.gz",
     files = ["//build:test-portable-targets"],
     package_dir = "kubernetes",
@@ -167,6 +177,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "_full_server",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     files = [
         ":kubernetes-manifests.tar.gz",
         ":kubernetes-salt.tar.gz",
@@ -177,6 +188,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "kubernetes",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     extension = "tar.gz",
     files = [
         "//:Godeps/LICENSES",
@@ -198,6 +210,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "kubernetes-manifests",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     extension = "tar.gz",
     deps = [
         "//cluster:manifests",
@@ -206,6 +219,7 @@ pkg_tar(
 
 pkg_tar(
     name = "kubernetes-salt",
+    build_tar = "@io_kubernetes_build//tools/build_tar",
     extension = "tar.gz",
     deps = [
         "//cluster/saltbase:salt",
diff --git a/build/root/WORKSPACE b/build/root/WORKSPACE
index b6661bf6542..a679fdfbca7 100644
--- a/build/root/WORKSPACE
+++ b/build/root/WORKSPACE
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_kubernetes_build",
-    sha256 = "8e49ac066fbaadd475bd63762caa90f81cd1880eba4cc25faa93355ef5fa2739",
-    strip_prefix = "repo-infra-e26fc85d14a1d3dc25569831acc06919673c545a",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/kubernetes/repo-infra/archive/e26fc85d14a1d3dc25569831acc06919673c545a.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "89788eb30f10258ae0c6ab8b8625a28cb4c101fba93a8a6725ba227bb778ff27",
+    strip_prefix = "repo-infra-653485c1a6d554513266d55683da451bd41f7d65",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/kubernetes/repo-infra/archive/653485c1a6d554513266d55683da451bd41f7d65.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 ETCD_VERSION = "3.1.10"