diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 48f5d167b5..610cd0f1aa 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ bazel_skylib_workspace()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "aspect_bazel_lib",
-    sha256 = "357dad9d212327c35d9244190ef010aad315e73ffa1bed1a29e20c372f9ca346",
-    strip_prefix = "bazel-lib-2.7.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/aspect-build/bazel-lib/releases/download/v2.7.0/bazel-lib-v2.7.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "688354ee6beeba7194243d73eb0992b9a12e8edeeeec5b6544f4b531a3112237",
+    strip_prefix = "bazel-lib-2.8.1",
+    url = "https://github.com/aspect-build/bazel-lib/releases/download/v2.8.1/bazel-lib-v2.8.1.tar.gz",
 )
 
 http_archive(