diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index b57b35575e..c2eff25a84 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_docker",
-    sha256 = "87fc6a2b128147a0a3039a2fd0b53cc1f2ed5adb8716f50756544a572999ae9a",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.8.1",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/archive/v0.8.1.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "e513c0ac6534810eb7a14bf025a0f159726753f97f74ab7863c650d26e01d677",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.9.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/archive/v0.9.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 http_archive(