diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index a87da26f..7a84ea91 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
 maybe(
     http_archive,
     name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "9d04041ac92a0985e344235f5d946f71ac543f1b1565f2cdbc9a2aaee8adf55b",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.26.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.26.0/rules_python-0.26.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "9acc0944c94adb23fba1c9988b48768b1bacc6583b52a2586895c5b7491e2e31",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.27.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.27.0/rules_python-0.27.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories", "python_register_toolchains")