diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 209550fa5..d327e13af 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ http_archive(
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//:lib.bzl", "versions")
 
-versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "0.17.1")
+versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "0.19.0")
 
 load("//tools:bazlets.bzl", "load_bazlets")
 
diff --git a/tools/BUILD b/tools/BUILD
index b8a621f84..67a0a88d7 100644
--- a/tools/BUILD
+++ b/tools/BUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ load(
 
 default_java_toolchain(
     name = "error_prone_warnings_toolchain",
-    bootclasspath = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:platformclasspath9.jar"],
+    bootclasspath = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:platformclasspath.jar"],
     jvm_opts = JDK9_JVM_OPTS,
     package_configuration = [
         ":error_prone",
diff --git a/tools/bazlets.bzl b/tools/bazlets.bzl
index f97b72c82..f089af473 100644
--- a/tools/bazlets.bzl
+++ b/tools/bazlets.bzl
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
+
 NAME = "com_googlesource_gerrit_bazlets"
 
 def load_bazlets(
         commit,
         local_path = None):
     if not local_path:
-        native.git_repository(
+        git_repository(
             name = NAME,
             remote = "https://gerrit.googlesource.com/bazlets",
             commit = commit,