diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index e546711f..eacd73ab 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 workspace(name = "io_bazel_rules_k8s")
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 load("//k8s:k8s.bzl", "k8s_defaults", "k8s_repositories")
 
@@ -41,15 +40,6 @@ load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
 
 bazel_skylib_workspace()
 
-# Mention subpar directly to ensure we get version 2.0.0,
-# which included fixes for incompatible change flags added in Bazel 0.25. This
-# can be removed once other dependencies are updated.
-git_repository(
-    name = "subpar",
-    commit = "9fae6b63cfeace2e0fb93c9c1ebdc28d3991b16f",
-    remote = "https://github.com/google/subpar.git",
-)
-
 # Only needed if using the packaging rules.
 load("@rules_python//python:pip.bzl", "pip_install")
 
diff --git a/k8s/k8s.bzl b/k8s/k8s.bzl
index b7a884a9..dfcc3dd8 100644
--- a/k8s/k8s.bzl
+++ b/k8s/k8s.bzl
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ def k8s_repositories():
         http_archive,
         name = "com_github_yaml_pyyaml",
         build_file_content = _com_github_yaml_pyyaml_build_file,
-        sha256 = "e9df8412ddabc9c21b4437ee138875b95ebb32c25f07f962439e16005152e00e",
-        strip_prefix = "pyyaml-5.1.2",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/archive/5.1.2.zip"],
+        sha256 = "3f11e50a10e70d481fc4c16880a605ee5f955e17eba2673a0bf15f4f40e3f7ef",
+        strip_prefix = "pyyaml-5.4.1",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/archive/5.4.1.zip"],
     )
 
     # Register the default kubectl toolchain targets for supported platforms
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ def k8s_repositories():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "bazel_gazelle",
-        sha256 = "222e49f034ca7a1d1231422cdb67066b885819885c356673cb1f72f748a3c9d4",
+        sha256 = "de69a09dc70417580aabf20a28619bb3ef60d038470c7cf8442fafcf627c21cb",
         urls = [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.22.3/bazel-gazelle-v0.22.3.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.22.3/bazel-gazelle-v0.22.3.tar.gz",
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.24.0/bazel-gazelle-v0.24.0.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.24.0/bazel-gazelle-v0.24.0.tar.gz",
         ],
     )
 
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ def k8s_repositories():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "bazel_skylib",
-        sha256 = "7ac0fa88c0c4ad6f5b9ffb5e09ef81e235492c873659e6bb99efb89d11246bcb",
-        strip_prefix = "bazel-skylib-1.0.3",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/archive/1.0.3.tar.gz"],
+        sha256 = "c6966ec828da198c5d9adbaa94c05e3a1c7f21bd012a0b29ba8ddbccb2c93b0d",
+        urls = [
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.1.1/bazel-skylib-1.1.1.tar.gz",
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.1.1/bazel-skylib-1.1.1.tar.gz",
+        ],
     )
 
     # WORKSPACE target to configure the kubectl tool
diff --git a/k8s/k8s_go_deps.bzl b/k8s/k8s_go_deps.bzl
index adee9f3d..f180502e 100644
--- a/k8s/k8s_go_deps.bzl
+++ b/k8s/k8s_go_deps.bzl
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ def deps():
         go_repository,
         name = "com_github_google_go_cmp",
         importpath = "github.com/google/go-cmp",
-        sum = "h1:Xye71clBPdm5HgqGwUkwhbynsUJZhDbS20FvLhQ2izg=",
-        version = "v0.3.1",
+        sum = "h1:BKbKCqvP6I+rmFHt06ZmyQtvB8xAkWdhFyr0ZUNZcxQ=",
+        version = "v0.5.6",
     )