diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 18f83df7..5975e5f8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ http_archive(
 # To update this version, copy-paste instructions from https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/releases
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_proto",
-    sha256 = "e017528fd1c91c5a33f15493e3a398181a9e821a804eb7ff5acdd1d2d6c2b18d",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-4.0.0-3.20.0",
+    sha256 = "14a225870ab4e91869652cfd69ef2028277fc1dc4910d65d353b62d6e0ae21f4",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-7.1.0",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/refs/tags/4.0.0-3.20.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/refs/tags/7.1.0.tar.gz",
     ],
 )
 load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies", "rules_proto_toolchains")