diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 35d5e77..0ad2451 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools",
-    sha256 = "1a9eaa51b2507eac7fe396811bc15dad4d15533acc61cc5b0d71004e1d0488cb",
-    strip_prefix = "buildtools-8.0.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/archive/refs/tags/v8.0.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "53119397bbce1cd7e4c590e117dcda343c2086199de62932106c80733526c261",
+    strip_prefix = "buildtools-8.2.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/archive/refs/tags/v8.2.1.tar.gz",
 )
 
 http_archive(