diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index b06b971a7e..189923b17a 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ http_file(
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//lib:versions.bzl", "versions")
 
-versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "0.19.0")
+versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "0.22.0")
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_closure//closure:defs.bzl", "closure_repositories")