diff --git a/examples/http_archive_ext_deps/WORKSPACE b/examples/http_archive_ext_deps/WORKSPACE
index 70abd17fd..d00478e9a 100644
--- a/examples/http_archive_ext_deps/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/http_archive_ext_deps/WORKSPACE
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ gazelle_dependencies()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_swift",
-    sha256 = "9bc9dc949062405412404c0f07f7323ba310f3f91f42af414ac27e338ba7bb8c",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_swift/releases/download/1.17.0/rules_swift.1.17.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "bb01097c7c7a1407f8ad49a1a0b1960655cf823c26ad2782d0b7d15b323838e2",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_swift/releases/download/1.18.0/rules_swift.1.18.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load(
diff --git a/examples/vapor_example/WORKSPACE b/examples/vapor_example/WORKSPACE
index 7434e401a..6c431f6d2 100644
--- a/examples/vapor_example/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/vapor_example/WORKSPACE
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ gazelle_dependencies()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_swift",
-    sha256 = "9bc9dc949062405412404c0f07f7323ba310f3f91f42af414ac27e338ba7bb8c",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_swift/releases/download/1.17.0/rules_swift.1.17.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "bb01097c7c7a1407f8ad49a1a0b1960655cf823c26ad2782d0b7d15b323838e2",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_swift/releases/download/1.18.0/rules_swift.1.18.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load(