diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index af83363c1..15df4ac34 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -13,6 +13,25 @@ http_archive(
     url = "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/{}/bazel-skylib-{}.tar.gz".format(skylib_version, skylib_version),
 )
 
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_proto",
+    sha256 = "8e7d59a5b12b233be5652e3d29f42fba01c7cbab09f6b3a8d0a57ed6d1e9a0da",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
+load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies", "rules_proto_toolchains")
+
+# Declares @com_google_protobuf//:protoc pointing to released binary
+# This should stop building protoc during bazel build
+# See https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/pull/36
+rules_proto_dependencies()
+
+rules_proto_toolchains()
+
 _build_tools_release = "3.3.0"
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/examples/testing/scalatest_repositories/WORKSPACE b/examples/testing/scalatest_repositories/WORKSPACE
index d5d4a1ae6..10fa0594c 100644
--- a/examples/testing/scalatest_repositories/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/testing/scalatest_repositories/WORKSPACE
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ http_archive(
     url = "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/{}/bazel-skylib-{}.tar.gz".format(skylib_version, skylib_version),
 )
 
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_proto",
+    sha256 = "8e7d59a5b12b233be5652e3d29f42fba01c7cbab09f6b3a8d0a57ed6d1e9a0da",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
+load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies", "rules_proto_toolchains")
+
+rules_proto_dependencies()
+
+rules_proto_toolchains()
+
 local_repository(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_scala",
     path = "../../..",
diff --git a/examples/testing/specs2_junit_repositories/WORKSPACE b/examples/testing/specs2_junit_repositories/WORKSPACE
index db48ab649..d97e03adf 100644
--- a/examples/testing/specs2_junit_repositories/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/testing/specs2_junit_repositories/WORKSPACE
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ http_archive(
     url = "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/{}/bazel-skylib-{}.tar.gz".format(skylib_version, skylib_version),
 )
 
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_proto",
+    sha256 = "8e7d59a5b12b233be5652e3d29f42fba01c7cbab09f6b3a8d0a57ed6d1e9a0da",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
+load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies", "rules_proto_toolchains")
+
+rules_proto_dependencies()
+
+rules_proto_toolchains()
+
 local_repository(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_scala",
     path = "../../..",
diff --git a/scala/private/macros/scala_repositories.bzl b/scala/private/macros/scala_repositories.bzl
index a35fa8f68..ec62c0b36 100644
--- a/scala/private/macros/scala_repositories.bzl
+++ b/scala/private/macros/scala_repositories.bzl
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ def rules_scala_setup():
     if not native.existing_rule("rules_proto"):
         http_archive(
             name = "rules_proto",
-            sha256 = "4d421d51f9ecfe9bf96ab23b55c6f2b809cbaf0eea24952683e397decfbd0dd0",
-            strip_prefix = "rules_proto-f6b8d89b90a7956f6782a4a3609b2f0eee3ce965",
+            sha256 = "8e7d59a5b12b233be5652e3d29f42fba01c7cbab09f6b3a8d0a57ed6d1e9a0da",
+            strip_prefix = "rules_proto-7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488",
             urls = [
-                "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/f6b8d89b90a7956f6782a4a3609b2f0eee3ce965.tar.gz",
-                "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/f6b8d89b90a7956f6782a4a3609b2f0eee3ce965.tar.gz",
+                "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+                "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
             ],
         )
 
diff --git a/test_version/WORKSPACE.template b/test_version/WORKSPACE.template
index 37044b6e5..2e3d0cc17 100644
--- a/test_version/WORKSPACE.template
+++ b/test_version/WORKSPACE.template
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ http_archive(
     url = "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/{}/bazel-skylib-{}.tar.gz".format(skylib_version, skylib_version),
 )
 
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_proto",
+    sha256 = "8e7d59a5b12b233be5652e3d29f42fba01c7cbab09f6b3a8d0a57ed6d1e9a0da",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
+load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies", "rules_proto_toolchains")
+
+rules_proto_dependencies()
+
+rules_proto_toolchains()
+
 local_repository(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_scala",
     path = "../../"
@@ -50,16 +66,3 @@ register_toolchains("@io_bazel_rules_scala//testing:testing_toolchain")
 load("@io_bazel_rules_scala//scala:toolchains.bzl", "scala_register_unused_deps_toolchains")
 
 scala_register_unused_deps_toolchains()
-
-protobuf_version="3.11.3"
-protobuf_version_sha256="cf754718b0aa945b00550ed7962ddc167167bd922b842199eeb6505e6f344852"
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v%s.tar.gz" % protobuf_version,
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-%s" % protobuf_version,
-    sha256 = protobuf_version_sha256,
-)
-
-load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
-protobuf_deps()
diff --git a/third_party/test/proto/WORKSPACE b/third_party/test/proto/WORKSPACE
index 354d971f0..52527094b 100644
--- a/third_party/test/proto/WORKSPACE
+++ b/third_party/test/proto/WORKSPACE
@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@ workspace(name = "proto")
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
-protobuf_version = "3.11.3"
-
-protobuf_version_sha256 = "cf754718b0aa945b00550ed7962ddc167167bd922b842199eeb6505e6f344852"
-
 http_archive(
-    name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = protobuf_version_sha256,
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-%s" % protobuf_version,
-    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v%s.tar.gz" % protobuf_version,
+    name = "rules_proto",
+    sha256 = "8e7d59a5b12b233be5652e3d29f42fba01c7cbab09f6b3a8d0a57ed6d1e9a0da",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_proto-7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto/archive/7e4afce6fe62dbff0a4a03450143146f9f2d7488.tar.gz",
+    ],
 )
 
-load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
+load("@rules_proto//proto:repositories.bzl", "rules_proto_dependencies", "rules_proto_toolchains")
+
+rules_proto_dependencies()
 
-protobuf_deps()
+rules_proto_toolchains()
 
 local_repository(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_scala",