diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 1bacdb7dca..bc7418aa9e 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 git_repository(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    commit = "cfdcbdc1d17e6dc3c48bbda4fce760949e58e381",
+    commit = "d57a2abc3b16a3904c159794f0f0a52cf6f061a7",
     remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go.git",
 )
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ git_repository(
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_repositories")
 
 go_repositories(
-    go_version = "1.7.5",
+    go_version = "1.8.1",
 )
 
 # for building docker base images
diff --git a/hack/update-bazel.sh b/hack/update-bazel.sh
index e0863adaa0..80d2dfcdb0 100755
--- a/hack/update-bazel.sh
+++ b/hack/update-bazel.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 export KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
-go get gopkg.in/mikedanese/gazel.v14/gazel
+go get gopkg.in/mikedanese/gazel.v16/gazel
 
 for path in ${GOPATH//:/ }; do
   if [[ -e "${path}/bin/gazel" ]]; then
diff --git a/hack/verify-bazel.sh b/hack/verify-bazel.sh
index 2091604b5a..41d38fb8b6 100755
--- a/hack/verify-bazel.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-bazel.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 export KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
-go get gopkg.in/mikedanese/gazel.v14/gazel
+go get gopkg.in/mikedanese/gazel.v16/gazel
 
 for path in ${GOPATH//:/ }; do
   if [[ -e "${path}/bin/gazel" ]]; then
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request/BUILD b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request/BUILD
index 62b9102a6f..12a2cf577f 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request/BUILD
+++ b/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/request/BUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ go_library(
         "http_request.go",
         "offset_reader.go",
         "request.go",
-        "request_1_7.go",
+        "request_1_8.go",
         "request_pagination.go",
         "retryer.go",
         "validation.go",
diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/net/http2/BUILD b/vendor/golang.org/x/net/http2/BUILD
index 324a15156f..a103412c64 100644
--- a/vendor/golang.org/x/net/http2/BUILD
+++ b/vendor/golang.org/x/net/http2/BUILD
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ go_library(
         "frame.go",
         "go16.go",
         "go17.go",
-        "go17_not18.go",
+        "go18.go",
         "gotrack.go",
         "headermap.go",
         "http2.go",
-        "not_go18.go",
         "pipe.go",
         "server.go",
         "transport.go",