diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 9fc6cba0e1..a984fe98fe 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ go_repository(
 # Load C++ rules.
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_cc",
-    sha256 = "3d9e271e2876ba42e114c9b9bc51454e379cbf0ec9ef9d40e2ae4cec61a31b40",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.0.6",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.0.6/rules_cc-0.0.6.tar.gz"],
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.0.13/rules_cc-0.0.13.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "d9bdd3ec66b6871456ec9c965809f43a0901e692d754885e89293807762d3d80",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.0.13",
 )
 
 # Load C++ cross-compilation toolchains.