diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4191bb2d..cf53d1a3 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ http_archive(
 # TODO(ndietz): move this back to the Go section if gRPC is updated per https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/22172
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "4707e6ba7c01fcfc4f0d340d123bc16e43c2b8ea3f307663d95712b36d2a0e88",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_go-0.23.0",
+    sha256 = "d1ffd055969c8f8d431e2d439813e42326961d0942bdf734d2c95dc30c369566",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/archive/v0.23.0.zip",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.24.5/rules_go-v0.24.5.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.24.5/rules_go-v0.24.5.tar.gz",
     ],
 )