diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index 5a5bc58a..91564441 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ protobuf_deps()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_java",
-    sha256 = "9de4e178c2c4f98d32aafe5194c3f2b717ae10405caa11bdcb460ac2a6f61516",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/9.6.1/rules_java-9.6.1.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "68794ca344c1caf13dca65f90c06660823013fa080931266e2625103904a664e",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/9.7.0/rules_java-9.7.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")