diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 5514423..e2a84d2 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 protobuf_deps()
 
-rules_python_version = "0.9.0"
+rules_python_version = "0.11.0"
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",
-    sha256 = "5fa3c738d33acca3b97622a13a741129f67ef43f5fdfcec63b29374cc0574c29",
+    sha256 = "c03246c11efd49266e8e41e12931090b613e12a59e6f55ba2efd29a7cb8b4258",
     strip_prefix = "rules_python-{}".format(rules_python_version),
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/refs/tags/{}.tar.gz".format(rules_python_version),
 )
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 bazel_skylib_workspace()
 
 # Python rules
-# Important: rules_python must be loaded before protobuf (and grpc) because they load an older version otherwise
 load("@rules_python//python:pip.bzl", "pip_parse")
 
 pip_parse(
@@ -122,9 +121,9 @@
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_docker",
-    sha256 = "59d5b42ac315e7eadffa944e86e90c2990110a1c8075f1cd145f487e999d22b3",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.17.0",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/releases/download/v0.17.0/rules_docker-v0.17.0.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "4349f2b0b45c860dd2ffe18802e9f79183806af93ce5921fb12cbd6c07ab69a8",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.21.0",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/releases/download/v0.21.0/rules_docker-v0.21.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_docker//toolchains/docker:toolchain.bzl", docker_toolchain_configure = "toolchain_configure")