diff --git a/.travis/bazel.configure.sh b/.travis/bazel.configure.sh
index aabc0fa1e..48c0553e9 100755
--- a/.travis/bazel.configure.sh
+++ b/.travis/bazel.configure.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export TENSORFLOW_INSTALL="${1}"
 
 gcc -v
 python --version
-export BAZEL_VERSION=0.24.1 BAZEL_OS=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+export BAZEL_VERSION=0.26.1 BAZEL_OS=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 curl -sSOL https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/${BAZEL_VERSION}/bazel-${BAZEL_VERSION}-installer-${BAZEL_OS}-x86_64.sh
 bash -e bazel-${BAZEL_VERSION}-installer-${BAZEL_OS}-x86_64.sh 2>&1 > bazel-install.log || (cat bazel-install.log && false)
 bazel version
diff --git a/.travis/python3.7+.release.sh b/.travis/python3.7+.release.sh
index 3ad65ae74..bedadedd9 100755
--- a/.travis/python3.7+.release.sh
+++ b/.travis/python3.7+.release.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; then
     export TENSORFLOW_INSTALL="${1}"
     shift
 fi
-export BAZEL_VERSION=0.24.1 BAZEL_OS=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+export BAZEL_VERSION=0.26.1 BAZEL_OS=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 
 
 
diff --git a/dev/Dockerfile b/dev/Dockerfile
index bfa15f5df..e0675320d 100644
--- a/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     ffmpeg \
     dnsutils
 
-ARG BAZEL_VERSION=0.24.1
+ARG BAZEL_VERSION=0.26.1
 ARG BAZEL_OS=linux
 
 RUN curl -sL https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/${BAZEL_VERSION}/bazel-${BAZEL_VERSION}-installer-${BAZEL_OS}-x86_64.sh -o bazel-install.sh && \