diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index c9f65bf2..f7434e0f 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ protobuf_deps()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_java",
-    sha256 = "6d8c6d5cd86fed031ee48424f238fa35f33abc9921fd97dd4ae1119a29fc807f",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.6.3/rules_java-8.6.3.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "5449ed36d61269579dd9f4b0e532cd131840f285b389b3795ae8b4d717387dd8",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.7.0/rules_java-8.7.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")