diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index fcdb2e109f68..0062ac971805 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0.0
+5.0.0
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 668e2160d436..f44b984a29dd 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
 
 bazel_skylib_workspace()
 
-load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "check_bazel_version", "node_repositories", "yarn_install")
-
-check_bazel_version("4.0.0")
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "node_repositories", "yarn_install")
 
 node_repositories(
     node_version = "16.10.0",