diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index 71aed7cb0..dd1ec6068 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ protobuf_deps()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_java",
-    sha256 = "f79a6e10cdd213ceded45884914bb8c68f0c8d41144e74ec89ebb74984c409ac",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.8.0/rules_java-8.8.0.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "d31b6c69e479ffa45460b64dc9c7792a431cac721ef8d5219fc9f603fa2ff877",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.11.0/rules_java-8.11.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")