diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index f37fae9..de2e1bf 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
 
 maven_jar(
     name = "ewah",
-    artifact = "com.googlecode.javaewah:JavaEWAH:0.7.9",
-    sha1 = "eceaf316a8faf0e794296ebe158ae110c7d72a5a",
+    artifact = "com.googlecode.javaewah:JavaEWAH:1.1.6",
+    sha1 = "94ad16d728b374d65bd897625f3fbb3da223a2b6",
 )
 
 maven_jar(