diff --git a/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE b/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
index cba5887def..940ecf6991 100644
--- a/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_proto",
-    sha256 = "4d421d51f9ecfe9bf96ab23b55c6f2b809cbaf0eea24952683e397decfbd0dd0",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-f6b8d89b90a7956f6782a4a3609b2f0eee3ce965",
+    sha256 = "3bce0e2fcf502619119c7cac03613fb52ce3034b2159dd3ae9d35f7339558aa3",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-84ba6ec814eebbf5312b2cc029256097ae0042c3",
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/f6b8d89b90a7956f6782a4a3609b2f0eee3ce965.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/84ba6ec814eebbf5312b2cc029256097ae0042c3.tar.gz",
     ],
 )