diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 25edd188f7e..0a1bddcb767 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ http_archive(
     ],
 )
 
-load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies", "rules_proto_toolchains")
+load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies")
 
 rules_proto_dependencies()
 
+load("@rules_proto//proto:toolchains.bzl", "rules_proto_toolchains")
+
 rules_proto_toolchains()
 
 http_archive(