diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 9f9a382..43f377d 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
 maybe(
     http_archive,
     name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "863ba0fa944319f7e3d695711427d9ad80ba92c6edd0b7c7443b84e904689539",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.22.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.22.0/rules_python-0.22.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "84aec9e21cc56fbc7f1335035a71c850d1b9b5cc6ff497306f84cced9a769841",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.23.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.23.1/rules_python-0.23.1.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories", "python_register_toolchains")