diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c0f7c96d..3becfea2 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ bazel_skylib_workspace()
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_pkg",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.10.1/rules_pkg-0.10.1.tar.gz",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.10.1/rules_pkg-0.10.1.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/1.2.0/rules_pkg-1.2.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/1.2.0/rules_pkg-1.2.0.tar.gz",
     ],
-    sha256 = "d250924a2ecc5176808fc4c25d5cf5e9e79e6346d79d5ab1c493e289e722d1d0",
+    sha256 = "b5c9184a23bb0bcff241981fd9d9e2a97638a1374c9953bb1808836ce711f990",
 )
 load("@rules_pkg//:deps.bzl", "rules_pkg_dependencies")
 rules_pkg_dependencies()