diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/builders/bazel.ts b/packages/bazel/src/builders/bazel.ts
index 547d882103..5a15c6503f 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/builders/bazel.ts
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/builders/bazel.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 /// <reference types='node'/>
 
-import {fork} from 'child_process';
+import {spawn} from 'child_process';
 import {copyFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync, statSync, unlinkSync} from 'fs';
 import {dirname, join, normalize} from 'path';
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function runBazel(
   projectDir = normalize(projectDir);
   binary = normalize(binary);
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const buildProcess = fork(binary, [command, workspaceTarget, ...flags], {
+    const buildProcess = spawn(binary, [command, workspaceTarget, ...flags], {
       cwd: projectDir,
       stdio: 'inherit',
     });
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ export function runBazel(
  */
 export function checkInstallation(name: Executable, projectDir: string): string {
   projectDir = normalize(projectDir);
-  const packageName = `@bazel/${name}/package.json`;
+  const packageName = `@bazel/${name}`;
   try {
     const bazelPath = require.resolve(packageName, {
       paths: [projectDir],
     });
-    return dirname(bazelPath);
+    return require(bazelPath).getNativeBinary();
   } catch (error) {
     if (error.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
       throw new Error(
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/__dot__bazelrc.template b/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/__dot__bazelrc.template
index 1b544399da..486c9ef1ba 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/__dot__bazelrc.template
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/__dot__bazelrc.template
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ build --incompatible_strict_action_env
 run --incompatible_strict_action_env
 test --incompatible_strict_action_env
 
+build --incompatible_bzl_disallow_load_after_statement=false
+
 test --test_output=errors
 
 # Use the Angular 6 compiler
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/schematics/ng-add/index.ts b/packages/bazel/src/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
index 842e41b672..9a77610a55 100755
--- a/packages/bazel/src/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ function addDevDependenciesToPackageJson(options: Schema) {
 
     const devDependencies: {[k: string]: string} = {
       '@angular/bazel': angularCoreVersion,
-      '@bazel/bazel': '^0.24.0',
-      '@bazel/ibazel': '^0.10.1',
+      '@bazel/bazel': '^0.25.1',
+      '@bazel/ibazel': '^0.10.2',
       '@bazel/karma': '0.27.12',
       '@bazel/typescript': '0.27.12',
     };