diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 67e22f8a..afba8627 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ stardoc_pinned_maven_install()
 
 http_archive(
     name = "aspect_bazel_lib",
-    sha256 = "714cf8ce95a198bab0a6a3adaffea99e929d2f01bf6d4a59a2e6d6af72b4818c",
-    strip_prefix = "bazel-lib-2.7.8",
-    url = "https://github.com/aspect-build/bazel-lib/releases/download/v2.7.8/bazel-lib-v2.7.8.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "c780120ab99a4ca9daac69911eb06434b297214743ee7e0a1f1298353ef686db",
+    strip_prefix = "bazel-lib-2.7.9",
+    url = "https://github.com/aspect-build/bazel-lib/releases/download/v2.7.9/bazel-lib-v2.7.9.tar.gz",
 )
 
 http_archive(