diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
index 1391debf4ef5..816326489d8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/bazel-watcher/default.nix
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ let
 in
 buildBazelPackage rec {
   pname = "bazel-watcher";
-  version = "0.16.2";
+  version = "0.17.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bazelbuild";
     repo = "bazel-watcher";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-yRXta6pPhgIonTL0q9GSzNQg/jHMIeC7xvfVYrZMmnc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-aK18Q2nYxYajk9f/EEmtV7YJ8cYqbamR7vh3BTgu53Q=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ go git python3 ];
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ buildBazelPackage rec {
       rm -rf $bazelOut/external/com_google_protobuf
     '';
 
-    sha256 = "sha256-QjMsWTIHCy6Mbbphk5eK2wIiw900AvmyA0ZV9Be7nPI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-R+Hc9ldYcKgAXETKr2+Hk7IrjJ93WkrjyJ1SQRoM9V4=";
   };
 
   buildAttrs = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b9c4d651ba5f..ce94bb7392ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15398,7 +15398,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bazel-remote = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel-remote { };
 
-  bazel-watcher = callPackage ../development/tools/bazel-watcher { };
+  bazel-watcher = callPackage ../development/tools/bazel-watcher {
+    go = go_1_18;
+  };
 
   bazel-gazelle = callPackage ../development/tools/bazel-gazelle { };