diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 960ab0e..8da4cfa 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_docker",
-    sha256 = "aed1c249d4ec8f703edddf35cbe9dfaca0b5f5ea6e4cd9e83e99f3b0d1136c3d",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.7.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/archive/v0.7.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "14ac30773fdb393ddec90e158c9ec7ebb3f8a4fd533ec2abbfd8789ad81a284b",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.12.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/archive/v0.12.1.tar.gz",
 )
 
 http_archive(