diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c512dc1f702b..ba33620dfe83 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive", "http_file"
 
 http_archive(
     name = "bazel_skylib",
-    sha256 = "bc283cdfcd526a52c3201279cda4bc298652efa898b10b4db0837dc51652756f",
+    sha256 = "fa01292859726603e3cd3a0f3f29625e68f4d2b165647c72908045027473e933",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.7.1/bazel-skylib-1.7.1.tar.gz",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.7.1/bazel-skylib-1.7.1.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.8.0/bazel-skylib-1.8.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.8.0/bazel-skylib-1.8.0.tar.gz",
     ],
 )