diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 72680a2e..2aa6ed7c 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "685052b498b6ddfe562ca7a97736741d87916fe536623afb7da2824c0211c369",
+    sha256 = "b6828eb2d03bb5ef76f2077f8670b211fe792e77ddb83450ea9f887df04db9c7",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.33.0/rules_go-v0.33.0.zip",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.33.0/rules_go-v0.33.0.zip",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.44.1/rules_go-v0.44.1.zip",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.44.1/rules_go-v0.44.1.zip",
     ],
 )