diff --git a/examples/protobufjs/WORKSPACE b/examples/protobufjs/WORKSPACE
index c9a4172ecd..d7f15612cf 100644
--- a/examples/protobufjs/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/protobufjs/WORKSPACE
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_proto",
-    sha256 = "2a20fd8af3cad3fbab9fd3aec4a137621e0c31f858af213a7ae0f997723fc4a9",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-a0761ed101b939e19d83b2da5f59034bffc19c12",
+    sha256 = "9fc210a34f0f9e7cc31598d109b5d069ef44911a82f507d5a88716db171615a8",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-f7a30f6f80006b591fa7c437fe5a951eb10bcbcf",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/a0761ed101b939e19d83b2da5f59034bffc19c12.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/f7a30f6f80006b591fa7c437fe5a951eb10bcbcf.tar.gz",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE b/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
index 468789cf47..382bb90675 100644
--- a/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_proto",
-    sha256 = "2a20fd8af3cad3fbab9fd3aec4a137621e0c31f858af213a7ae0f997723fc4a9",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-a0761ed101b939e19d83b2da5f59034bffc19c12",
+    sha256 = "9fc210a34f0f9e7cc31598d109b5d069ef44911a82f507d5a88716db171615a8",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-f7a30f6f80006b591fa7c437fe5a951eb10bcbcf",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/a0761ed101b939e19d83b2da5f59034bffc19c12.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/f7a30f6f80006b591fa7c437fe5a951eb10bcbcf.tar.gz",
     ],
 )