diff --git a/bazel_integration_test/deps.bzl b/bazel_integration_test/deps.bzl
index 7314e545..c8bf96f4 100644
--- a/bazel_integration_test/deps.bzl
+++ b/bazel_integration_test/deps.bzl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def bazel_integration_test_rules_dependencies():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "rules_python",
-        sha256 = "0558021abbd244f3e2b51120a7ec4bded37c6cb02c372aaa188da9ba375560d8",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_python-1.8.0",
-        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/1.8.0.tar.gz",
+        sha256 = "7ae25c0d3b52124fffe199a34520f43e496f4027d59452df70184eced23b96ef",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_python-1.8.1",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/archive/1.8.1.tar.gz",
     )