diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 6a822d7b54..e93834f59a 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_nodejs",
-    sha256 = "9473b207f1c5a61b603442cbfeeea8aaf2aa62870673fce2a1c52087f6ff4dc9",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/releases/download/1.2.4/rules_nodejs-1.2.4.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "d0c4bb8b902c1658f42eb5563809c70a06e46015d64057d25560b0eb4bdc9007",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/releases/download/1.5.0/rules_nodejs-1.5.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 # File is specific to Polymer and copied from the Closure Github -- should be