diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 66772ee..e56ee76 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ http_archive(
 # ceres solver
 http_archive(
     name = "com_ceres-solver_ceres-solver",
-    sha256 = "1296330fcf1e09e6c2f926301916f64d4a4c5c0ff12d460a9bc5d4c48411518f",
-    strip_prefix = "ceres-solver-1.14.0",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/ceres-solver/ceres-solver/archive/1.14.0.tar.gz"],
+    #sha256 = "1296330fcf1e09e6c2f926301916f64d4a4c5c0ff12d460a9bc5d4c48411518f",
+    strip_prefix = "ceres-solver-2.0.0rc1",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/ceres-solver/ceres-solver/archive/2.0.0rc1.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 # dependency for generating compilation database