diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index dd4833b..937a6e3 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 = "099a9fb96a376ccbbb7d291ed4ecbdfd42f6bc822ab77ae6f1b5cb9e914e94fa",
+    sha256 = "51dc53293afe317d2696d4d6433a4c33feedb7748a9e352072e2ec3c0dafd2c6",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.35.0/rules_go-v0.35.0.zip",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.35.0/rules_go-v0.35.0.zip",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.40.1/rules_go-v0.40.1.zip",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.40.1/rules_go-v0.40.1.zip",
     ],
 )