diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 9d64674..bb535aa 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 # Load this as early as possible, to avoid a different version being pulled in by deps of something else
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = "bb8ce9ba11eb7bccf080599fe7cad9cc461751c8dd1ba61701c0070d58cde973",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.12.2",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.12.2.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "c6003e1d2e7fefa78a3039f19f383b4f3a61e81be8c19356f85b6461998ad3db",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.17.3",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.17.3.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@
 # Download Go/Gazelle rules
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "207fad3e6689135c5d8713e5a17ba9d1290238f47b9ba545b63d9303406209c6",
+    sha256 = "69de5c704a05ff37862f7e0f5534d4f479418afc21806c887db544a316f3cb6b",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.24.7/rules_go-v0.24.7.tar.gz",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.24.7/rules_go-v0.24.7.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.27.0/rules_go-v0.27.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.27.0/rules_go-v0.27.0.tar.gz",
     ],
 )
 
 http_archive(
     name = "bazel_gazelle",
-    sha256 = "bfd86b3cbe855d6c16c6fce60d76bd51f5c8dbc9cfcaef7a2bb5c1aafd0710e8",
+    sha256 = "62ca106be173579c0a167deb23358fdfe71ffa1e4cfdddf5582af26520f1c66f",
     urls = [
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.21.0/bazel-gazelle-v0.21.0.tar.gz",
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.21.0/bazel-gazelle-v0.21.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.23.0/bazel-gazelle-v0.23.0.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.23.0/bazel-gazelle-v0.23.0.tar.gz",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 # Setup Go toolchain.
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains")
 
-go_register_toolchains()
+go_register_toolchains(version = "1.17")
 
 # IMPORTANT: match protobuf version above with the one loaded by grpc
 http_archive(