diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index e6a7b4058..f98706333 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ load(
 
 container_go_deps()
 
+load("@io_bazel_rules_docker//repositories:pip_repositories.bzl", "pip_deps")
+
+pip_deps()
+
 load(
     "@io_bazel_rules_docker//container:container.bzl",
     "container_pull",
diff --git a/deps/io_bazel_rules_docker.bzl b/deps/io_bazel_rules_docker.bzl
index 616a38e11..772a2cfcd 100644
--- a/deps/io_bazel_rules_docker.bzl
+++ b/deps/io_bazel_rules_docker.bzl
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Commit sha for bazelbuild/rules_docker."""
 
-version = "e0dee78033e7b632513454d2e8b418e065ab59f5"
+version = "79e37451d459061c63275dc98dce1c505941c1cd"