diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index 7dcf20bec831..00c5aacc059f 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -623,11 +623,11 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         project_name = "Go rules for Bazel",
         project_desc = "Bazel rules for the Go language",
         project_url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go",
-        version = "0.25.0",
-        sha256 = "6f111c57fd50baf5b8ee9d63024874dd2a014b069426156c55adbf6d3d22cb7b",
+        version = "0.27.0",
+        sha256 = "69de5c704a05ff37862f7e0f5534d4f479418afc21806c887db544a316f3cb6b",
         urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v{version}/rules_go-v{version}.tar.gz"],
         use_category = ["build", "api"],
-        release_date = "2020-12-02",
+        release_date = "2021-03-17",
         implied_untracked_deps = [
             "com_github_golang_protobuf",
             "io_bazel_rules_nogo",