diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index 9bcdb537..b08a787b 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "tar.bzl",
-    sha256 = "a147d473a359742db2a43c8a9a8e04e31321582e6bb669dafc5ba6b2c59845d1",
-    strip_prefix = "tar.bzl-0.6.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/tar.bzl/releases/download/v0.6.0/tar.bzl-v0.6.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "a0d64064a598d7a1e58196d17de0deed6d3d2d8bfe1407ed9e68b24c31c38e8d",
+    strip_prefix = "tar.bzl-0.7.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/tar.bzl/releases/download/v0.7.0/tar.bzl-v0.7.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@tar.bzl//tar:extensions.bzl", "create_repositories")