diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index de09893b1..4278aff66 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ http_file(
 # Bazel/starlark utilities.
 http_archive(
     name = "bazel_skylib",
-    sha256 = "1c531376ac7e5a180e0237938a2536de0c54d93f5c278634818e0efc952dd56c",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.0.3/bazel-skylib-1.0.3.tar.gz",
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.0.3/bazel-skylib-1.0.3.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.2.1/bazel-skylib-1.2.1.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.2.1/bazel-skylib-1.2.1.tar.gz",
     ],
+    sha256 = "f7be3474d42aae265405a592bb7da8e171919d74c16f082a5457840f06054728",
 )
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")