diff --git a/tests/WORKSPACE b/tests/WORKSPACE
index b315d565..dab41ceb 100644
--- a/tests/WORKSPACE
+++ b/tests/WORKSPACE
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ http_archive(
     name = "tar.bzl",
     sha256 = "a0d64064a598d7a1e58196d17de0deed6d3d2d8bfe1407ed9e68b24c31c38e8d",
     strip_prefix = "tar.bzl-0.7.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/tar.bzl/releases/download/v0.7.0/tar.bzl-v0.7.0.tar.gz",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/tar.bzl/releases/download/v0.8.0/tar.bzl-v0.7.0.tar.gz",
 )
 
 load("@tar.bzl//tar:extensions.bzl", "create_repositories")