diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 29d36da..13820c0 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_pkg",
-    sha256 = "352c090cc3d3f9a6b4e676cf42a6047c16824959b438895a76c2989c6d7c246a",
+    sha256 = "353b20e8b093d42dd16889c7f918750fb8701c485ac6cceb69a5236500507c27",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.2.5/rules_pkg-0.2.5.tar.gz",
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.2.5/rules_pkg-0.2.5.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.5.0/rules_pkg-0.5.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.5.0/rules_pkg-0.5.0.tar.gz",
     ],
 )