diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c2345083813..5846733aa5e 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ git_repository(
 
 git_repository(
     name = "rules_python",
-    tag = "0.24.0",
+    tag = "0.26.0",
     remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python.git",
 )