diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index d43945df..fb98cf22 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 # Keep the version of rules_go in sync with go.mod
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "6dc2da7ab4cf5d7bfc7c949776b1b7c733f05e56edc4bcd9022bb249d2e2a996",
+    sha256 = "bfc5ce70b9d1634ae54f4e7b495657a18a04e0d596785f672d35d5f505ab491a",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.39.1/rules_go-v0.39.1.zip",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.39.1/rules_go-v0.39.1.zip",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.40.0/rules_go-v0.40.0.zip",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.40.0/rules_go-v0.40.0.zip",
     ],
 )