diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index fceb98abc..5e94e68de 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ common --allow_yanked_versions=rules_cc@0.1.0
 coverage --experimental_ui_max_stdouterr_bytes=10485760
 
 common:macos --linkopt=-L/opt/homebrew/lib
+
+# disables telemetry https://github.com/aspect-build/tools_telemetry
+common --repo_env=ASPECT_TOOLS_TELEMETRY=