diff --git a/dt_patches/test_dt_patches_user_srcjar/WORKSPACE b/dt_patches/test_dt_patches_user_srcjar/WORKSPACE
index 03517d2a0..d27124095 100644
--- a/dt_patches/test_dt_patches_user_srcjar/WORKSPACE
+++ b/dt_patches/test_dt_patches_user_srcjar/WORKSPACE
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "ca77768989a7f311186a29747e3e95c936a41dffac779aff6b443db22290d913",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.36.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.36.0/rules_python-0.36.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "690e0141724abb568267e003c7b6d9a54925df40c275a870a4d934161dc9dd53",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.40.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.40.0/rules_python-0.40.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")
diff --git a/test_cross_build/WORKSPACE b/test_cross_build/WORKSPACE
index 445e5de00..9b4437ca3 100644
--- a/test_cross_build/WORKSPACE
+++ b/test_cross_build/WORKSPACE
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "ca77768989a7f311186a29747e3e95c936a41dffac779aff6b443db22290d913",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.36.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.36.0/rules_python-0.36.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "690e0141724abb568267e003c7b6d9a54925df40c275a870a4d934161dc9dd53",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.40.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/download/0.40.0/rules_python-0.40.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@rules_python//python:repositories.bzl", "py_repositories")