diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 803ff80f57..6495faac5a 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_closure",
-    sha256 = "0409f8bd2a8b6fd1db289cdc0acb394dafd69f60a86d0169bc6495e648e01587",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_closure-18f8acf24ae0d03a9c3ee872ff91dcfbf383d69e",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_closure/archive/18f8acf24ae0d03a9c3ee872ff91dcfbf383d69e.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "03c3b16f205085817fd89cfdcb2220a0138647ee7992be9cef291b069dd90301",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_closure-196a45f0ede2faec11dcc6c60fbc5e7471f4bd58",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_closure/archive/196a45f0ede2faec11dcc6c60fbc5e7471f4bd58.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 # File is specific to Polymer and copied from the Closure Github -- should be