diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index aeadecc..c03b7d3 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -117,10 +117,18 @@
 # See https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go for the up to date setup instructions.
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "b7a62250a3a73277ade0ce306d22f122365b513f5402222403e507f2f997d421",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.16.3/rules_go-0.16.3.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "f04d2373bcaf8aa09bccb08a98a57e721306c8f6043a2a0ee610fd6853dcde3d",
+    urls = [
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.18.6/rules_go-0.18.6.tar.gz",
+    ],
 )
 
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_dependencies")
+
+go_rules_dependencies()
+
+go_register_toolchains()
+
 http_archive(
     name = "com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools",
     sha256 = "e0b5b400cfef17d65886365dc7289cb4ef8dfe07066165607413a271a32aa2a4",
@@ -128,11 +136,6 @@
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/archive/db073457c5a56d810e46efc18bb93a4fd7aa7b5e.zip",
 )
 
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_dependencies")
 load("@com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools//buildifier:deps.bzl", "buildifier_dependencies")
 
-go_rules_dependencies()
-
-go_register_toolchains()
-
 buildifier_dependencies()