diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ad92259f83b..ff5b3aea1ec 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ http_archive(
     patches = [
         "//:tools/bazel-repo-patches/rules_nodejs__pr_3538.patch",
     ],
-    sha256 = "f10a3a12894fc3c9bf578ee5a5691769f6805c4be84359681a785a0c12e8d2b6",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/releases/download/5.5.3/rules_nodejs-5.5.3.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "b011d6206e4e76696eda8287618a2b6375ff862317847cdbe38f8d0cd206e9ce",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/releases/download/5.6.0/rules_nodejs-5.6.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:repositories.bzl", "build_bazel_rules_nodejs_dependencies")