diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index af2730956..eab2082bb 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -31,25 +31,26 @@ domain_registry_repositories()
 # Setup docker bazel rules
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_docker",
-    sha256 = "29d109605e0d6f9c892584f07275b8c9260803bf0c6fcb7de2623b2bedc910bd",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.5.1",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/archive/v0.5.1.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "aed1c249d4ec8f703edddf35cbe9dfaca0b5f5ea6e4cd9e83e99f3b0d1136c3d",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_docker-0.7.0",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker/archive/v0.7.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
+load(
+    "@io_bazel_rules_docker//repositories:repositories.bzl",
+    container_repositories = "repositories",
+)
+container_repositories()
+
 load(
     "@io_bazel_rules_docker//container:container.bzl",
     "container_pull",
-    container_repositories = "repositories",
 )
 
-# This is NOT needed when going through the language lang_image
-# "repositories" function(s).
-container_repositories()
-
 container_pull(
   name = "java_base",
   registry = "gcr.io",
   repository = "distroless/java",
   # 'tag' is also supported, but digest is encouraged for reproducibility.
-  digest = "sha256:8c1769cb253bdecc257470f7fba05446a55b70805fa686f227a11655a90dfe9e",
+  digest = "sha256:84a63da5da6aba0f021213872de21a4f9829e4bd2801aef051cf40b6f8952e68",
 )
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index c94e42d4e..e4ede4b60 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ This document covers the steps necessary to download, build, and deploy Nomulus.
 You will need the following programs installed on your local machine:
 
 *   A recent version of the [Java 8 JDK][java-jdk8].
-*   [Bazel build system](http://bazel.io/) (version [0.23.1][bazel-version]
-    works as of 2019-03-08).
+*   [Bazel build system](http://bazel.io/) (version [0.25.0][bazel-version]
+    works as of 2019-05-02).
 *   [Google App Engine SDK for Java][app-engine-sdk], and configure aliases to
     to the `gcloud` and `appcfg.sh` utilities (you'll use them a lot).
 *   [Git](https://git-scm.com/) version control system.
@@ -181,4 +181,4 @@ See the [first steps tutorial](./first-steps-tutorial.md) for more information.
 
 [app-engine-sdk]: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/java/download
 [java-jdk8]: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
-[bazel-version]: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.23.1/bazel-0.23.1-installer-linux-x86_64.sh
+[bazel-version]: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.25.0/bazel-0.25.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh