diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 561c2f7..63a2e45 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ robolectric_repositories()
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
+http_archive(
+    name = "bazel_skylib",
+    sha256 = "9f38886a40548c6e96c106b752f242130ee11aaa068a56ba7e56f4511f33e4f2",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.6.1/bazel-skylib-1.6.1.tar.gz",
+)
+
+load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
+
+bazel_skylib_workspace()
+
 http_archive(
     name = "buildifier_prebuilt",
     sha256 = "72b5bb0853aac597cce6482ee6c62513318e7f2c0050bc7c319d75d03d8a3875",
@@ -17,10 +27,6 @@ load("@buildifier_prebuilt//:deps.bzl", "buildifier_prebuilt_deps")
 
 buildifier_prebuilt_deps()
 
-load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
-
-bazel_skylib_workspace()
-
 load("@buildifier_prebuilt//:defs.bzl", "buildifier_prebuilt_register_toolchains")
 
 buildifier_prebuilt_register_toolchains()