diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c882244..6eec075 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
     sha256 = "6776d68ebb897625dead17ae510eac3d5f6342367327875210df44dbe2aeeb19",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.17.1/rules_go-0.17.1.tar.gz"],
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.44.0/rules_go-0.17.1.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 http_archive(