diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index c0b89eaf691c849e3414687f69ebd41bd9c11f1c..95c5c90e09410795f90bea92f85f4efa63030bf0 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -953,7 +953,14 @@ const options = [
     stage: 'package',
     type: 'json',
     default: {
+      rollbackPrs: false,
       fileMatch: ['(^|/)WORKSPACE$'],
+      major: {
+        prBodyDefinitions: {
+          Change:
+            '{{#if currentDigest}}digest -> `{{{newVersion}}}`{{else}}`{{{currentValue}}}` -> `{{{newValue}}}`{{/if}}',
+        },
+      },
     },
     mergeable: true,
   },
diff --git a/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js b/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
index 01c9e88a59a1b33c51a65e09f7f6b38f4d9c6d1e..d0862dda203785985471b9ad7f099ca21eec02ea 100644
--- a/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
+++ b/lib/manager/bazel/extract.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ function extractPackageFile(content) {
       dep.currentValue = currentValue || commit.substr(0, 7);
       dep.purl = 'pkg:go/' + importpath;
       if (commit) {
+        dep.currentValue = 'v0.0.0';
         dep.currentDigest = commit;
         dep.digestOneAndOnly = true;
       }
diff --git a/lib/manager/bazel/update.js b/lib/manager/bazel/update.js
index e272302a83ddb1a47baab747f4993aab834b375b..0d4e2c591fef2dc498fd07db88d6c3b532764877 100644
--- a/lib/manager/bazel/update.js
+++ b/lib/manager/bazel/update.js
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ async function updateDependency(fileContent, upgrade) {
       newDef = upgrade.def
         .replace(/tag = "[^"]+"/, `tag = "${upgrade.newValue}"`)
         .replace(/commit = "[^"]+"/, `commit = "${upgrade.newDigest}"`);
+      if (upgrade.currentDigest && upgrade.updateType !== 'digest') {
+        newDef = newDef.replace(
+          /commit = "[^"]+"/,
+          `tag = "${upgrade.newValue}"`
+        );
+      }
     } else if (upgrade.depType === 'http_archive') {
       const [, shortRepo] = upgrade.repo.split('/');
       const newUrl = `https://github.com/${upgrade.repo}/releases/download/${
diff --git a/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
index b626a5714726f66d847366037b6f534a9ced7e40..e0cf46256c303a9283c33c082d04e73241442106 100644
--- a/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/extract.spec.js.snap
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Array [
   },
   Object {
     "currentDigest": "dec09d789f3dba190787f8b4454c7d3c936fed9e",
-    "currentValue": "dec09d7",
+    "currentValue": "v0.0.0",
     "def": "go_repository(
    name = \\"com_github_google_uuid\\",
    importpath = \\"github.com/google/uuid\\",
diff --git a/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/update.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/update.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ea2f62c5f935e2f06888a7c662045bf3e4ef1f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/manager/bazel/__snapshots__/update.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`manager/bazel/update updateDependency updates commit to tag 1`] = `
+"
+workspace(name = \\"angular_bazel_example\\")
+
+go_repository(
+    name = \\"com_github_bitly_go-nsq\\",
+    importpath = \\"github.com/bitly/go-nsq\\",
+    tag = \\"v1.0.5\\"
+)
+
+go_repository(
+    name = \\"com_github_google_uuid\\",
+    importpath = \\"github.com/google/uuid\\",
+    tag = \\"v1.0.3\\"
+)
+
+go_repository(
+    name = \\"com_gopkgin_mgo_v2\\",
+    importpath = \\"gopkg.in/mgo.v2\\",
+    tag = \\"v2\\"
+)
+
+git_repository(
+    name = \\"build_bazel_rules_nodejs\\",
+    remote = \\"https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs.git\\",
+    tag = \\"0.3.1\\",
+)
+
+load(\\"@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl\\", \\"node_repositories\\")
+node_repositories(package_json = [\\"//:package.json\\"])
+
+git_repository(
+    name = \\"build_bazel_rules_typescript\\",
+    remote = \\"https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_typescript.git\\",
+    tag = \\"0.6.1\\",
+)
+
+load(\\"@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl\\", \\"ts_repositories\\")
+
+ts_repositories()
+
+local_repository(
+    name = \\"angular\\",
+    path = \\"node_modules/@angular/bazel\\",
+)
+
+local_repository(
+    name = \\"rxjs\\",
+    path = \\"node_modules/rxjs/src\\",
+)
+
+git_repository(
+    name = \\"io_bazel_rules_sass\\",
+    remote = \\"https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_sass.git\\",
+    tag = \\"0.0.3\\",
+)
+
+load(\\"@io_bazel_rules_sass//sass:sass.bzl\\", \\"sass_repositories\\")
+
+sass_repositories()
+
+git_repository(
+    name = \\"com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools\\",
+    remote = \\"https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools.git\\",
+    # Note, this commit matches the version of buildifier in angular/ngcontainer
+    commit = \\"b3b620e8bcff18ed3378cd3f35ebeb7016d71f71\\",
+)
+
+http_archive(
+    name = \\"io_bazel_rules_go\\",
+    url = \\"https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.7.1/rules_go-0.7.1.tar.gz\\",
+    sha256 = \\"341d5eacef704415386974bc82a1783a8b7ffbff2ab6ba02375e1ca20d9b031c\\",
+)
+
+http_archive(
+    name = \\"bazel_skylib\\",
+    sha256 = \\"b5f6abe419da897b7901f90cbab08af958b97a8f3575b0d3dd062ac7ce78541f\\",
+    strip_prefix = \\"bazel-skylib-0.5.0\\",
+    urls = [
+        \\"https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/archive/0.5.0.tar.gz\\",
+        \\"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/archive/0.5.0.tar.gz\\",
+    ],
+)
+
+load(\\"@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl\\", \\"go_rules_dependencies\\", \\"go_register_toolchains\\")
+
+go_rules_dependencies()
+
+go_register_toolchains()
+"
+`;
diff --git a/test/manager/bazel/update.spec.js b/test/manager/bazel/update.spec.js
index 85146febd8356265ff603d8782c233d70658326d..114e7bbb9b394b43110b3de567a19dfc8ac5bb8f 100644
--- a/test/manager/bazel/update.spec.js
+++ b/test/manager/bazel/update.spec.js
@@ -31,6 +31,26 @@ describe('manager/bazel/update', () => {
       const res = await bazelfile.updateDependency(content, upgrade);
       expect(res).not.toEqual(content);
     });
+    it('updates commit to tag', async () => {
+      const upgrade = {
+        depName: 'com_github_google_uuid',
+        depType: 'go_repository',
+        def: `go_repository(
+    name = "com_github_google_uuid",
+    importpath = "github.com/google/uuid",
+    commit = "dec09d789f3dba190787f8b4454c7d3c936fed9e"
+)
+`,
+        currentValue: 'v0.0.0',
+        currentDigest: 'dec09d789f3dba190787f8b4454c7d3c936fed9e',
+        newValue: 'v1.0.3',
+        updateType: 'major',
+      };
+      const res = await bazelfile.updateDependency(content, upgrade);
+      expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(res).not.toEqual(content);
+      expect(res.includes('tag = "v1.0.3"')).toBe(true);
+    });
     it('updates http archive', async () => {
       const upgrade = {
         depName: 'io_bazel_rules_go',