diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4f84f203..d4adb80c 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "google_bazel_common",
-    sha256 = "de1441c02b35f5768b872d15d7e5813c4826b66630703e253fc95da39988a6d8",
-    strip_prefix = "bazel-common-d4ada735afa0ab044957cfa21849be577756a6cd",
-    url = "https://github.com/google/bazel-common/archive/d4ada735afa0ab044957cfa21849be577756a6cd.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "e916d85e6d0a93413ea45f92e415268848a1ac46bf5863c3927dc0ab0115accf",
+    strip_prefix = "bazel-common-99df216dbc13869a642d5a59be02086a4dcaafaf",
+    url = "https://github.com/google/bazel-common/archive/99df216dbc13869a642d5a59be02086a4dcaafaf.tar.gz",
 )
 
 # ---