diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ffe08b6e446..1a6968ba458 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ http_archive(
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/%s.zip" % HTTP_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS["rules_jvm"]["version"],
 )
 
+# Add support for Bazel Skylib: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib
+http_archive(
+    name = "bazel_skylib",
+    sha256 = HTTP_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS["bazel_skylib"]["sha"],
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/{0}/bazel-skylib-{0}.tar.gz".format(HTTP_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS["bazel_skylib"]["version"]),
+)
+
+load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
+
+bazel_skylib_workspace()
+
 # Add support for Kotlin: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_kotlin.
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin",
diff --git a/third_party/versions.bzl b/third_party/versions.bzl
index f35c4b8be6c..22571067194 100644
--- a/third_party/versions.bzl
+++ b/third_party/versions.bzl
@@ -106,12 +106,16 @@ MAVEN_TEST_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS = {
 
 # Note to developers: Please keep this dict sorted by key to make it easier to find dependencies.
 HTTP_DEPENDENCY_VERSIONS = {
+    "bazel_skylib": {
+        "sha": "97e70364e9249702246c0e9444bccdc4b847bed1eb03c5a3ece4f83dfe6abc44",
+        "version": "1.0.2",
+    },
     "dagger": {
         "sha": "9e69ab2f9a47e0f74e71fe49098bea908c528aa02fa0c5995334447b310d0cdd",
         "version": "2.28.1",
     },
     "protobuf_tools": {
-        "version": "3.11.0",
+        "version": "3.12.0",
     },
     "rules_java": {
         "sha": "220b87d8cfabd22d1c6d8e3cdb4249abd4c93dcc152e0667db061fb1b957ee68",