diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index 6aba2b245a..5e3254243a 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.2.0
+6.1.2
diff --git a/ci/install_bazelisk.sh b/ci/install_bazelisk.sh
index d8b6781775..674ca215e9 100755
--- a/ci/install_bazelisk.sh
+++ b/ci/install_bazelisk.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-BAZELISK_VERSION=v1.10.1
+BAZELISK_VERSION=v1.16.0
 
 wget -O /usr/local/bin/bazel https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/$BAZELISK_VERSION/bazelisk-linux-amd64
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bazel
diff --git a/ci/install_windows_bazelisk.ps1 b/ci/install_windows_bazelisk.ps1
index 4867882afe..2f1f48c1e2 100644
--- a/ci/install_windows_bazelisk.ps1
+++ b/ci/install_windows_bazelisk.ps1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 trap { $host.SetShouldExit(1) }
 
-$BAZELISK_VERSION="1.7.4"
+$BAZELISK_VERSION="1.16.0"
 $CWD=(Get-Item -Path ".\").FullName
 (new-object System.Net.WebClient). `
    DownloadFile("https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v$BAZELISK_VERSION/bazelisk-windows-amd64.exe",