diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ffa0854172d5..80cf94b8a56f 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 # Add NodeJS rules
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_nodejs",
-    sha256 = "f9e7b9f42ae202cc2d2ce6d698ccb49a9f7f7ea572a78fd451696d03ef2ee116",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/releases/download/1.6.0/rules_nodejs-1.6.0.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "d14076339deb08e5460c221fae5c5e9605d2ef4848eee1f0c81c9ffdc1ab31c1",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/releases/download/1.6.1/rules_nodejs-1.6.1.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 # Add sass rules