diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 2743d71434..22f3ee5d41 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Try running `yarn bazel` instead.
 #   - 0.15.2 Re-introduced the prod_only attribute on yarn_install
 #   - 0.15.3 Includes a fix for the `jasmine_node_test` rule ignoring target tags
 #   - 0.16.8 Supports npm installed bazel workspaces
-check_rules_nodejs_version("0.16.8")
+#   - 0.26.0 Fix for data files in yarn_install and npm_install
+check_rules_nodejs_version("0.26.0")
 
 # Setup the Node.js toolchain
 node_repositories(