diff --git a/lib/manager/bazel/index.ts b/lib/manager/bazel/index.ts
index 932f3c1897d182b22a1a368a4338f5c7ea085e63..61b6798640db93fcca9a3bc1a7d87d9d3300fcd9 100644
--- a/lib/manager/bazel/index.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/bazel/index.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ import { updateDependency } from './update';
 export { extractPackageFile, updateDependency };
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
-  fileMatch: ['(^|/)WORKSPACE$', '\\.bzl$'],
+  fileMatch: ['(^|/)WORKSPACE(|\\.bazel)$', '\\.bzl$'],
 };