diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4da1de3cc7..1a835201cb 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ http_archive(
     ],
 )
 
-_rules_python_version = "0.26.0"
+# TODO(https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python/issues/2407):
+# Update to the latest version of rules_python
+_rules_python_version = "1.0.0"
 
-_rules_python_sha256 = "9d04041ac92a0985e344235f5d946f71ac543f1b1565f2cdbc9a2aaee8adf55b"
+_rules_python_sha256 = "4f7e2aa1eb9aa722d96498f5ef514f426c1f55161c3c9ae628c857a7128ceb07"
 
 http_archive(
     name = "rules_python",