diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 3ae1c6a6d..640e8eda8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_apple",
-    sha256 = "8ac4c7997d863f3c4347ba996e831b5ec8f7af885ee8d4fe36f1c3c8f0092b2c",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_apple/releases/download/2.5.0/rules_apple.2.5.0.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "34c41bfb59cdaea29ac2df5a2fa79e5add609c71bb303b2ebb10985f93fa20e7",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_apple/releases/download/3.1.1/rules_apple.3.1.1.tar.gz",
 )
 
 http_archive(