diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/WORKSPACE.template b/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/WORKSPACE.template
index 2bec84e090..84a6498cee 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/WORKSPACE.template
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/builders/files/WORKSPACE.template
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ workspace(
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
-RULES_NODEJS_VERSION = "0.40.0"
-RULES_NODEJS_SHA256 = "9901bc17138a79135048fb0c107ee7a56e91815ec6594c08cb9a17b80276d62b"
+RULES_NODEJS_VERSION = "0.42.1"
+RULES_NODEJS_SHA256 = "c612d6b76eaa17540e8b8c806e02701ed38891460f9ba3303f4424615437887a"
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_nodejs",
     sha256 = RULES_NODEJS_SHA256,
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/schematics/ng-add/index.ts b/packages/bazel/src/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
index 744f8dfe9b..2d0f0c83da 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/schematics/ng-add/index.ts
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ function addDevDependenciesToPackageJson(options: Schema) {
       ['@angular/bazel', angularCore.version],
       ['@bazel/bazel', '1.1.0'],
       ['@bazel/ibazel', '^0.10.2'],
-      ['@bazel/karma', '0.40.0'],
-      ['@bazel/protractor', '0.40.0'],
-      ['@bazel/rollup', '0.40.0'],
-      ['@bazel/terser', '0.40.0'],
-      ['@bazel/typescript', '0.40.0'],
+      ['@bazel/karma', '0.42.1'],
+      ['@bazel/protractor', '0.42.1'],
+      ['@bazel/rollup', '0.42.1'],
+      ['@bazel/terser', '0.42.1'],
+      ['@bazel/typescript', '0.42.1'],
       ['history-server', '^1.3.1'],
       ['rollup', '^1.25.2'],
       ['rollup-plugin-commonjs', '^10.1.0'],