diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index 7cca7711a..ae6dd4e20 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.17.1
+0.29.0
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 5c6ec38c3..0d5caa8c9 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 = "0.29.0")
 
 load("//tools:bazlets.bzl", "load_bazlets")