diff --git a/build/root/WORKSPACE b/build/root/WORKSPACE
index b08cbe4783f..3ac212d4119 100644
--- a/build/root/WORKSPACE
+++ b/build/root/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "a4ea00b71a6fc3bd381cbbf6eb83ec91fe8b32b1c622c048f1e6f0d965bb1a2d",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_go-a280fbac1a0a4c67b0eee660b4fd1b3db7c9f058",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/archive/a280fbac1a0a4c67b0eee660b4fd1b3db7c9f058.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "441e560e947d8011f064bd7348d86940d6b6131ae7d7c4425a538e8d9f884274",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_go-c72631a220406c4fae276861ee286aaec82c5af2",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/archive/c72631a220406c4fae276861ee286aaec82c5af2.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/hack/update-bazel.sh b/hack/update-bazel.sh
index 6bfa9b062d2..91ebb56caba 100755
--- a/hack/update-bazel.sh
+++ b/hack/update-bazel.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ kube::util::go_install_from_commit \
     e26fc85d14a1d3dc25569831acc06919673c545a
 kube::util::go_install_from_commit \
     github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/gazelle/gazelle \
-    a280fbac1a0a4c67b0eee660b4fd1b3db7c9f058
+    c72631a220406c4fae276861ee286aaec82c5af2
 
 touch "${KUBE_ROOT}/vendor/BUILD"