diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3cc43cfb4..65fd3b22d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@ http_archive(
     sha256 = "2ef429f5d7ce7111263289644d233707dba35e39696377ebab8b0bc701f7818e",
 )
 
-rules_scala_version="69d3c5b5d9b51537231746e93b4383384c9ebcf4" # update this as needed
+rules_scala_version="a2f5852902f5b9f0302c727eead52ca2c7b6c3e2" # update this as needed
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_scala",
     strip_prefix = "rules_scala-%s" % rules_scala_version,
     type = "zip",
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_scala/archive/%s.zip" % rules_scala_version,
+    sha256 = "8c48283aeb70e7165af48191b0e39b7434b0368718709d1bced5c3781787d8e7",
 )
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala:toolchains.bzl", "scala_register_toolchains")